Philosophy

The Art and Philosophy of Balance at Constantin Brâncusi Motto: "All dilemmas can be solved by unifying the contraries" (Brâncusi) ABSTRACT: Our paper intends to be an attempt of making evident the joining of the art and the philosophy of Constantin Brâncusi, the most outstanding representative of sculpture in our century. The way of approaching this topic was suggested to us by the great artist and thinker himself, who urges us that we should not make difficult what he expressed in a simple

compose a letter to those who detained them? Perhaps these are the same thoughts that inspired the words of Socrates, in Plato’s Crito or the emotional words that were spewed on paper by Dr. Martin Luther King while detained in Birmingham Jail. The philosophy of Socrates and Dr. Martin Luther King are grounded in peace. Both philosophers are faced with conflict from the laws put in place by the society that they are in. The purpose of this essay is to compare how each philosopher discusses the concept

Jean-Paul Sartre was an influential 20th century existentialist who mostly acquired information on the study of consciousness and the study of being. Sartre spent many years studying philosophy and the existence of God mostly studying the works of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. He became a Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931 and then began teaching at Lycée Pasteur in Paris from 1937 to 1939. During his career, Sartre wrote about many philosophical theories, some notable books include

Philosophy is defined as the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. It has been studied by well-known philosophers such as Aristotle, John Locke, and David Hume. Aristotle is famous for his belief in the golden mean which is the Greek philosophy believing in the desirable middle between two extremes. John Locke developed his own theory of mind, which is often mentioned as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and self. Philosophers over the stretch of time

The Outbreak of Natural philosophy from Religion Science was not as prominent as it is now before, some people rejected science and all it had to offer for a long time. This was primarily because of the fact that people did not want to change their belief, not only theirs but their previous generations had believed in this also. This religious dogma they had believed in all their life, it was not until about the scientific revolution in the 16th century that science was widely accepted

Even after the great philosophers death, Aristotle had a profound impact on Western philosophy and thought as a whole covering a vast array of subjects in philosophy and the sciences. Many great thinkers came after his time and made just as much of an impact. One of these influential thinkers is named Plotinus. Plotinus (c. A.D. 204 - 270) was an Egyptian/Greek/Roman philosopher of the Hellenistic period. He is considered to be a key figure of the Neo-Platonism movement and many later Christians

Chapter 7 How Ancient Greek Philosophy Influenced the Early Church Spiritual gifts are to be exercised in an orderly way by “all” (men and women) “so that all may learn” (1 Cor 14:31; Dr. Martin Hanna). Ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle thought beyond the pagan societies in which they lived and numerous elements found in their philosophies were embraced by Jewish and Christian religious leaders. The common thread was the effort to understand God as revealed in nature as well as His

Kant’s Philosophy of How To Act In the second section of Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant argues what is good will. He gives the answer to this question: “good will is the one which follows the categorical imperative to act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it becomes a universal law” (4:421). Kant means good will is to follow the categorical imperative, which only has one principle of acting following the maxim in the universal law. He talks

Hume vs Bentham on Utility Immanuel Kant is best known for his work in the philosophy of ethics. He made an important astronomical discovery about the nature of Earth’s rotation, which he won the Berlin Academy Prize in 1754. Soren Kierkegaard’s early work was written under various pseudonyms that he used to present distinctive viewpoints and to interact with each other in complex dialogue. One of his most famous work was the “Fear and Trembling” which centers on the biblical story of Abraham. Moral

Rene Descartes is considered to be the father of modern philosophy for defining a starting point for existence, “I think I am, therefore I am.” Descartes changed the way philosophy was thought, as the earlier understanding was rather feeling-based. Most of the ideas remained the same, however, his method of conclusion was different. He believed that all truths were linked and, through sciences and mathematics, used a rational approach to uncover the meaning of the natural world. Rene Descartes