by bernard | Nov 8, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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Looking Man is not the object of the law but its subject. Socrates somehow, tried to understand whether laws can be defective or flawed. Further to these, the refusal of Socrates to escape prison clearly is a total surrender to the law.
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by admin | Oct 18, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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Moral Subjectivism equates everything to the mere thinking of the person. In such a case what is deemed right or wrong is dependent on the feeling of the individual involved. For example, it is illegal to kill especially felony murder. But for moral subjectivists, it does not matter whether the law forbids killing what counts is the wish of the person involved. All is left to his/her conscience.
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by admin | Sep 7, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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He believes that if you live a happy life on earth the same will happen after death, which is why he was not afraid of death. He knew that his life would be as fulfilling after death as it was on earth. He also believes that death is the cure of all the illnesses.
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by admin | Sep 6, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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Socrates believed that the human soul was immortal. He knew that it is possible to kill a human being but it is impossible to destroy the soul. He also believed that the most important thing in one’s life is his or her soul but not the things he is supposed to do. That is why he was wondering how the leaders were worried about their political responsibilities instead of their souls.
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by admin | Sep 5, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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The Delphic oracle, which shows Socrates as the wisest person, meant that he could not ask for advice from any other person. Due to this, Socrates chose to be doing the things that he thought were correct as per his line of thinking. He considered all the people around him as being not wise as him. This led to his death for he acted the wise man in his detention and eventual trial.
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by admin | Aug 16, 2011 | ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
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Miguel believes in the phenomenon of Objective Reality. This phenomenon was previously advocated by yet another prolific author Ayn Rand in her series of philosophical novels. According to Miguel and Rand, it is impossible to view the world in its truest form. The world we see is a harmonizing pattern of combined effort exerted by all our five senses.
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