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    Educational Philosophy Essay My personal educational philosophy is a combination of perennialism and essentialism, which leaves me uniquely well-armed to teach my subject of choice: History. History, viewed as a whole, is a monument to the achievements of Man. It is unchanging, though new aspects may be found or brought to light, and it can be viewed from many angles, it is an unchanging truth that what happened, has indeed happened. Through a thorough and guided exploration of this subject, students

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    Religion and god(s) have been a huge part of all philosophy for as long as humanity has had a functioning society. Many philosophers have had attempted to obtain a better understanding of the religion they practice through reflection , observation or some other method. This essay will compare and contrast the philosophical views of Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, an ancient Roman philosopher, and Meister Eckhart, a medieval European philosopher. Their views are likely to have many contrasts as

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    Philosophy and females: where have they gone? In this current era of western culture, a lot of questions and challenges are brought to light. If philosophy is supposed to speak about the human condition as a whole, have all voices been represented? The Key figures often noted in philosophy include Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Hume, and Rawls, among others. While these men have contributed much to the field, is there something really missing? Certain voices aren't brought to light, if philosophy wants

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    For the extra credit assignment I attended Dr. Joanne Waugh, “Socrates, philosophy, and “doing One’s Own things”. She explains the definition of the philosopher as they do not take up a position in an audience at a Mimetic performance, Loves the spectacle of truth, and wants the whole of wisdom, not apart. The do not desires beautiful sights and sounds, but seizing the nature of the beautiful itself. She exemplifies what a philosopher is, which they seeks the pleasure of the soul, itself by itself

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    Nature is defined as the phenomena of the physical world that existed including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations. Nature was also related to an existence of things such as the unseen world which is God, angels, air, and etc. In philosophical study, one of the branches which is metaphysics, the study of existence always connected with the nature. In this assignment, we believe that every natural things must have

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    I loved learning about Locke and his philosophy’s because he mainly focused on the child’s character. He focused on who the child was becoming as a person rather than focusing on what the child was doing. Locke’s educational philosophy had six main points, first of them being Self-Control. He taught about how we need to focus on the child’s physical health, and how to be firm with them if we want them to acquire self -discipline (Crane pg 9). The second point is, Best Rewards and Punishments which

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    day your eligibility runs out or if you are one of the lucky few who play professionally, your body’s years of health do not last forever. Coaching just to be around the sport and spread the joy that sport gave you for so many years. My coaching philosophy relies extremely heavily on this information. I have always been a person who is passionate about the things I love because I do not believe in not putting your whole heart into something. The most critical component to success in whatever sport

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    Was David Hume or Immanuel Kant more virtuous in their ethical philosophy? First we must understand what these ethical writings were for each modern philosopher. Both Hume and Kant were very influential philosophers during their lifetime, they have also disagreed on many ideas they argue for. We will be focusing specifically on their ethical philosophies to determine which philosopher, if any, would be considered to be more virtuous. In order to answer this question, we must answer a few other

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    Theory of Knowledge Essay “In gaining knowledge, each area of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing.” Discuss this statement with reference to two areas of knowledge. ` Word Count: 1423 Theory of Knowledge, a philosophy course required for the IB Diploma program, is the most challenging class I have ever taken. Throughout the course, we explored in depth of all the ways of knowing and areas of knowledge. This class made me think about the knowledge that I know in my life

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    17 April 2017 Western Civ Research Paper Ancient Greek philosophy has been present in more ways than one in today's modern thought. Greek Philosophy tradition began in ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE. The first of these philosophers are called "Presocratics" which designates that they came before Socrates. Pre-Socratic philosophers are often forgotten

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