The Worldly Philosophers

is not an easy task to discuss that Siddhartha Gautama and Socrates, the unquestionably eminent diplomats of two philosophies socially adopted to be slightly distinct, are also especially related in concept. Regardless of the detail that the two philosophers were of different origin, existed in separate periods, led diverging lives, they seem to have in common their interest for the Universal Truth, and related beliefs. 1. What is your point of view? I believe Socrates and Plato are the most…

genuine vision lets philosopher to turn away the look from worldly things, and concentrate on the ideal. The world is recognized as an unattractive place: like physical body, it is also a prison, but on the broader scale. However, the physical body is only a temporary possession, the soul is immortal and can outlast the death. The moment of death turns into a moment of release from the burden of the world, and individual’s soul can continue its journey. In case of philosopher, the soul will get…

fortunes of the blessed….”(Phaedo 115d). What Socrates essentially meant by this was that the “blessed” are philosophers who understood the truth and did not fear death. They were on earth to think and they understood that the body was something that just got in the way of knowledge. So even though Socrates was going to die, he wanted his friends to seek philosophical knowledge from other philosophers and enrich their souls with knowledge. In the scene were Socrates passes away; he sees death…

aforementioned philosophies reemerged in Italy during the Renaissance of the 1400s CE. The two philosophies relate so similarly, in that, during the rebirth of literature, the Italian philosophers were basing their ideas off of the Greek philosophers. Pericles, an Athenian politician, and Bruni, a Florentine philosopher, use almost the exact same techniques in showing how magnificent and humanistic their…

Introduction; since the beginning of time mankind has always searched for answers to their ever growing questioning mind. For centuries philosophers have searched on many concepts and have yet to pursue more knowledge about our world, our behavior and the reason behind our existence. Philosophers have embargoed on missions to find the purpose of religion, the concept of government, metaphysics and human mind. For centuries they have examined our world through their critical and analytical…

agree with their teaching views but for the most part I agree with their philosophies on life in general. These two philosophers had almost similar views on life in general. Diogenes and Zeno teaching were related to the teaching of Jesus in a way. But as for Epicurus, I agree somewhat of his views but for the most part I don’t agree with his teachings. Diogenes was the philosopher who came up with the idea of cynicism. It is the philosophy of the dog. “Live our soul in our body our mind is…

question formed the basis of Anselm’s Ontological argument. Anselm advocated the existence of God as an infinite and perfect being not just in the mind, but also in reality. This concept of the existence of a perfect being was challenged by another philosopher named Gaunilon, who compared the existence of God with that of a perfect island. Anselm’s reply to Gaunilon was that there is no comparison between the two, because God is an infinite conceivable “being” whereas an island is “by its very…

important commission of his life. He was asked to decorate the Papal Apartments, which included the Stanze Della Segnatura. The School of Athens by Raphael created in 1510 was to depict worldly (Greek) and spiritual (Christian) thinking (Slack, 2017). This painting represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other. The images brings together people who lived at different times under…

secrets. On Earth there are many mysteries that scientists have still not figured out. Becoming more knowledgeable is the best way to help discover worldly secrets. In ancient Greece stories were made to explain natural phenomenons to cover up what has yet to be discovered. Stories like The Odyssey were told to explain the unknown. In ancient Greece, philosophers began to use real science and math to figure out the mysteries and ever since the Greeks started this revolution people have been…

Had they been alive in 1511, imagine the reaction of Pico della Mirandola, author of the key text of Renaissance humanism called the Oration on the Dignity of Man, and his contemporary Savonarola, the reactionary Christian preacher/prophet who condemned Renaissance secular art and culture, if together they had entered the Stanza della Segnatura library of Pope Julius II. On opposite walls they would have seen two contrasting fresco masterpieces of the young Renaissance painter Raphael: “The…