Pre-existence

held within the proof they found that the earth and all things in it came to be through God, by examining the nature of God, the existence of God and finally the fundamental relationship between faith and reason. While previous philosophers tried to discover what one thing created everything, Medieval philosophers flawlessly rationalized that God is the cause of all existence by believing that there is reason for the universe. God was the fundamental topic of Medieval philosophy, and as Francis…

must be a precise answer for everything. But life is much more complex than a mathematic equation. Philosophy is not just an accumulation of knowledge, but rather its application in life. It also motivate us to appreciate the mysteries of life, existence, and reality. Certainly, the study of philosophy arises from the nature of humans…

Saint Anselm was a Benedictine monk, philosopher, and scholar. He is recognized for his explanation of faith. He paved the way and defined theology as “faith seeking understanding”. His works in monologium justify Gods existence and his work in proslogium give more insight into the idea that God does indeed exist. He was born near Aosta Italy in 1033, he was taught by monks from an early age. He went to Lanfranc’s abbey and they began to teach at their school and it was during those days that he…

Authority is something we, human beings, have heard about on various topics. We know about authority pertaining to law enforcement, authority within our household, and even authority within the business. The use of authority can make and/or break the barrel of communication between the individuals involved. To begin, authority is defined as “the power to give orders or make decisions: the power or right to direct or control someone or something,” according to merriam-webster.com. When the word…

asking the wrong question. In consciously choosing to accept the possibility of a higher power, I realized that every single religion in the world it right, and wrong simultaneously. If there is a power to fashion and direct something as vast as existence itself, then its knowing must exist beyond, or even before, our limited human understanding. So the answer is to stop worrying, accepting that one day we will all find out what happens next, or doesn’t…

A Contrasting Analysis on the Theme of Reasoning in Pico della Mirandola's "Oration on the Dignity of Man" and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne's "Apology for Raimond Sebond" This philosophical study will provide a contrast analysis on the theme of reasoning in Mirandola’s "Oration on the Dignity of Man” and Montaigne’s “Apology for Raimond Sebond.” Mirandola’s essay defines how God’s omnipotence provides human beings with free will and the powers of reasoning. This Neoplatonic perspective defines…

Aristotle’s Categories: An Analysis The Categories is a framework of Aristotle’s outlook in philosophy. It is the prologue to Aristotle’s works and sets the tone towards his philosophy. The Categories centres on the nature of a being—what it means to be a being. The idea that Aristotle is trying to present in chapter two is dividing the forms of speech in order to make the basic distinctions of them. In chapter two of the text, Aristotle identifies the four types of being. They are as followed:…

If the world you lived in wasn’t real, how would you know? In this paper, I will be discussing Descartes’s line of reasoning while attempt to prove the uncertainty of many ordinary beliefs using his universal or Cartesian doubt, in Descartes’s book Meditations on First Philosophy. Dubbed the “Father of Modern Philosophy”, Descartes was a philosopher in Sweden who taught others philosophy, and was also a huge advocate for mathematics, specifically geometry. He doubts everything that his senses…

The individual is herein shown as lord and master of the world, of his own and unique world. A world that is at his disposal even until the final moment. The last verse, «I bequeath nothingness to no one», which works as testament (not from that who runs, not from that who abandons, but from that who destroys), goes beyond all of this, maximizing –or even better–making the coherence explicit: If he achieves his aim, there would not be nothing to be bequeathed nor anybody whom to bequeath.…

Wisdom encompasses all reality, so it is difficult to say that wisdom is found in any particular historical events, cultures or religions or in any ancient civilizations. However, the encounter with wisdom of the community of Israel can be traced in the written corpus which includes the Torah and the prophetic writings. Even so, some scholars studying the wisdom literature have the opinion or caution that, as wisdom is fundamentally related with creation and is available in every aspect of…