Platonism

1. The term "Renaissance" comes from the French, meaning rebirth. It is a term used to describe the 1400- 1600. Today, the renaissance is viewed as "a profound and enduring upheaval ad transformation in culture, politics, art and, society in Europe." (Brotton, 9) While I believe the term renaissance can be applied to certain aspects of this time period, I don 't believe it should blanket all that occurred in that time period. A major factor during the Renaissance was the revival of Greaco-Roman…

Essay I: Ideology, a term that we all know exists, but very few truly understand the essence that lies behind such a word. Many questions arise when one thinks of ideology such as, but not limited to, “What is ideology?” and “Where do individuals come to acquire their ideology, as in is it born into the genetics that make up who they are, or is it created through the experiences of their life?”. Louis Althusser was a 20th century French philosopher that devoted much of his life to the study of…

Annotated List A. People 1. Tertullian (195-220 CE) Lawyer and Author who wrote a number of treatises in defense of the faith against pagans, and in defense of orthodoxy against various heresies; advocate of the authority of the church. Coined the formulas that would eventually become the hallmark of orthodoxy. (Gonzalez, 88-93) 2. Cyprian (248-258 CE). Bishop of Carthage Faced with the question of the readmittance of the lapsed after the persecution under Decius Cyprian called a synod of…

who then was about 8 years old took action since the girls were apparently alone in the house. The older sister ran downstairs to make some holy water with salt, which she then sprinkled on her sister and in every corner of the house. When she was finished there were bruises around the little sister’s neck but the bruja was gone, having fled outside and up into a tree. It never bothered them again! Various prayers and “sound prayers” work. “Ya Baha’u’llah!” has cleansed many a home, and the…

Rejecting the Platonist tradition at an starting period. Initially he was attracted to analytic philosophy. Rorty’s views were strong when he came to believe from representationalism, this tradition in its own way suffered a lot. He associated with Platonism flaw. And he was influenced by the writings of Darwin, Gadamer, Hegel and Heidegger, he moved towards Pragmatism. Prominent Influences The writing of any philosopher although will have countless influences, are only a. Rorty is no…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…

This period emphasized the self, creativity, imagination and the value of art. It was a movement that strongly emphasized emotion. It also legitimized ‘individual imagination' as a major authority. Which in turn gave rise to ‘free expression' in art. With such an emphasis on feelings and imagination many thinkers of this period introduced philosophies and theologies of their own on this topic. Richard Kearney in The Wake of the Imagination, explores the various concepts of imagining from the…