The Worldly Philosophers

ashamed of establishing such an importance in money rather than knowledge. This feeds into the thematic conflict between material and spiritual lifestyles. The light source is ambiguous yet its trajectory is specific. The light highlights the philosopher and his antiquity. The light is brought upon the bust and central figure to obviously emphasize importance of the two, but it also invites the viewer to consider, as Aristotle does in the painting, the fundamentals and hallmarks of prior…

Western philosophy began in the 6th century BCE in ancient Greece. These first philosophers that we know of are called “Pre-Socratics”, meaning they came before Socrates. Socrates’ philosophical prowess, however, brought forth a time that freedom of self-consciousness was first challenged. In my opinion, Socrates was the first philosopher to distinguish the value of philosophy even though they were just mere thoughts of men. In Bertrand Russell’s “The Value of Philosophy”, he addresses the very…

St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, challenged his readers by his unique viewpoints. He challenges readers to pick either The Worldly City or The Heavenly City. Also, he advises his readers to obey God and avoid worldly, materialistic items. By appropriating Greek, Roman, and Hebrew cultures Augustine relates to society. Augustine believes that creation was initiated by God, and in the big picture the fall of Rome is irrelevant…

People talk about Christianity as a religion that makes life on earth easier and more enjoyable. However, this is not the way God, believers, and Christian philosophers view their faith. Christianity does not benefit humans on earth, but God and the eternal kingdom; the acts of believers exemplify the eternal. Christians lived a harder life because God called believers to give up the material world for the eternal. The religious motives and actions of Christians direct Christians apart from the…

essay I argue that Socrates would most likely choose to support the philosopher candidate to be the next president because he would consider the other two candidates unfit to rule. The reason that Socrates would much sooner support the philosopher candidate is that one of the most pertinent conclusions he reaches in The Republic is that only true philosophers are fit to rule a government. I also believe he would side with the philosopher because the prompt particularly states that this candidate…

not be acts of Gods will. Below, this paper will accomplish two things; first it will outline the first two points of Algazali’s argument put forth against the philosopher’s notion of necessary causation as it is found in “The Incoherence of the Philosophers”, and second it will offer a critical evaluation…

they are silent, as they do not know, but, so as to not seem loss they mention their accusations that are available against all philosophers about "things in the sky and below the earth", about "not believing in the gods" and "making the worse the stronger argument" "(23d). Socrates is again saying that what he is accuse of is general and common among philosophers. He is accuse of that because there is really nothing that he has done. Socrates in other words is saying I am not guilty of what…

Hollywood draw so much attention and they are full of cursing, adultery, drugs, and sex. Entertainment is a definite distraction and distracts someone from their purpose. We get caught up in the world’s so-called entertainment and we forget. Hollywood at one point produced many movies dipicting biblical stories, maybe it can be saved. They have been doing remakes of very popular biblical movies. A well liked movie was Passion of the Christ which was directed by Mel Gibson, I was unable to…

experiences loss and desires to end this suffering. This lust to go against the natural course of life results in the monster and Frankenstein’s cruelty. Frankenstein’s unnatural mission stems from a seemingly harmless wish. All Victor wants is to be more worldly…

The meaning of life as viewed from Dr. Ambrosio through the lens of western culture, historical philosophers, is that of a question rather than an answer. The question should be the sole responsibility of everyone both past, present, and future. That question is: “human existence as a whole meaningful or absurd” (Ambrosio)? In other words, can the terms saint and hero help us understand the question; through the example and a comparison of these terms; the question of what is the meaning of…