Philosophers
Essays

¶ … philosophy of St. Augustine on "Free will as the cause of all evil." The paper will analyze this philosophy as compared to the thinking of other philosophers.

Almost every individual in today's society has a set of political beliefs or values, but most of us hardly ever pause to think why we have such beliefs and how we have acquired them.

¶ … Middle Ages and the Renaissance are two historical periods in Europe that give interest to many philosophers, writers, and artists, among many others, in their study of how the Europeans, in their respective…

Philosophers such as Charles Beard and William Appleman stated that history could be understood through economics. Actually, economics is also a hermeneutics that can be used in Biblical interpretation. Right off from the very start, the Garden of Eden was a milieu that worked on the principles of economics. The citizens were supposed to till the garden; in return, they would benefit. The manna in the desert was the first glimmerings of socialism; all received an equal ‘slice'. The manna, too, came with lessons against hoarding. T he Jubilee laws, with land reverting in the 5oth year to the original owner, was a strategy that prevented the few accumulating great mass of possession and power; it also kept the poor from being exploited. There were countless laws like this, including the regulation of paying wages on time and returning the poor man his garb that was his loan at night. The essay is a treatise on biblical economics.

Christian Biotechnology: Not a Contradiction in Terms

Alternative to Methodological Individualism

¶ … nature as human beings has long been debated heatedly throughout human history. Some influential thinkers have seen human nature as essentially "evil" or flawed, while others viewed human nature as basically good.

¶ … Justice Given by the Character Thrasymachus in Plato's Republic Is Incorrect

Philosopher David Hume, considered among the best philosophical writers in England, has a number of interesting explanations as to why causation isn't a necessary connection, and moreover, Hume has viewpoints on perception and how ideas and facts are related in a philosophical way. This materials is intellectually derived and the points made in this paper are based on Melchert's book and Hume's Treatise of Human Nature.

A tale of fictitious or real events or narrative is defined as a story. For our hungry souls, the nourishment is stories. Palatable stories exist due to these elements of truth. There are many ways to tell a story to the latest Hollywood blockbuster from classic novels written by the greatest writers and to ghost tales around a campfire from prehistoric drawings on a cave. Creating an environment in which everything is possible, the story teller is the magician. The pictures seen in the mind of the storyteller are shown and passed and for interpretation are passed to the minds of the listeners. Storytelling is all the rage in business. The persuasive effects of a story are only been able to speculate until recently. But, a serious study related to the human mind and the influences of a story in it has been begun by psychology over the last several decades. In fact, in comparison to writing, at changing beliefs fiction seems to be more effective as to persuade through evidence and arguments is the specific purpose of writing. The power of stories is finally waking up in organizations. In compare to the questionnaire and interviews based approach in organizations, the patterns of understanding, behavior and culture are revealed in a more effective way by stories. The ideation patterns of a particular organization are revealed by the stories told in an organization in all aspects of organization life, like, in project reviews and formally in presentations. The recognition of a possible work is integral to the evolution of a different and new world. However, potentiality for such a world is continuously claimed by the status quo. To bind us to this world, different truths are used by the status quo. The Telos of life is supposedly the survival. Therefore, a cosmology is required by any threat to the status quo so that a path and a view of a different world are provided to us for realizing this world. I believe that this cosmology is given to us by considering narrative as a way of being in the world as it fundamentally alters out relation to our own humanity, our relation to others and our relation to the world. The condition of our humanity is intertwined with the condition of the world by it. In total, a compelling narrative is derived by this emergent view of narrative as the realms of possibilities are enlarged by it.