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- 211: Is The Bible From God
- ... 44-46). In ancient times, slavery existed in every part of the world. Slaves had no legal status or rights, and were treated as the property of their owners. Even Plato and Aristotle looked upon slaves as inferior beings. As inhumane as such slavery was, we must keep in mind that on occasion it was an alternative to the massacre of ...
- 212: Socialism
- ... of transformation advocated by socialists range from constitutional change to violent revolution. ORIGINS OF SOCIALISM Some scholars believe that the basic principles of socialism were derived from the philosophy of Plato, the teachings of the Hebrew prophets, and some parts of the New Testament (the Sermon on the Mount, for example). Modern socialist ideology, however, is essentially a joint product of ...
- 213: Evil From Morals
- ... allows it, and moral evil exists because God has given us freedom of choice. Evil has been looked at in many different ways throughout the years. Philosophers like Socrates and Plato believed evil was a matter of ignorance. Ancient Persians saw good and evil as two principles, "engaged in a perpetual struggle."(Collier) In reality, evil is merely the absence of ...
- 214: Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
- ... can, however, be identified. The term itself suggests one major theme: the stress on concrete individual existence and, consequently, on subjectivity, individual freedom, and choice. Moral Individualism Most philosophers since Plato have held that the highest ethical good is the same for everyone; insofar as one approaches moral perfection, one resembles other morally perfect individuals. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren ...
- 215: Ireland An Expansion Through T
- ... dose of Zoroastrian dualism, and some of the quiet refinements of Buddhism. (49)”. Although this would not satisfy his intellectual hunger and he would move onto studying the works of Plato and Socrates. In the end though he would come across the letters of a Jew named Paul who would show him the light of the Christian god. Thus, he would ...
- 216: Marcus Tullius Cicero
- ... he met with Pomponius Atticus, whom he had formerly known at school, and attended the lectures of Antiochus, who, under the name of an Academic, taught the dogmatic doctrines of Plato and the Stoics. Though Cicero at first showed considerable dislike, for his philosophical views, he seems afterwards to have adopted the sentiments of the Old Academy and not until late ...
- 217: Marcus Aurelius
- ... official teacher of philosophy to Aurelius, and later went on to become Aurelius’ advisor after the need for a teacher for Aurelius had diminished. Also, such philosophers as Socrates, Epicurus, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer are quoted in Meditations a great many times. It does not seem as though Aurelius influenced a great many other people, or at least during his time ...
- 218: Mystical Caves Used Throughout
- ... of philosophers, religious figures and thinkers throughout history. These myths are exemplified in Homer’s "Odyssey," where the two worlds of mortals and immortals unite in the eternal cave. To Plato, the cave represents the confusion between reality and falsehood. Individuals chained deep within the recesses of the cave mistake their shadows for physical existence. These false perceptions, and the escape ...
- 219: Magnificent Minds Of The Renai
- ... with scenic frescoes. These four rooms contain some of Raphael's finest work, such as the magnificent fresco The School of Athens which depicts an open building scene in which Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient philosophers are in deep contemplation and conversation. In addition to Raphael's Vatican Palace "project," he was also appointed to many other activities in Rome such ...
- 220: Multicultural Education
- ... the "Stanford-style multicultural curriculum" which aimed to familiarize students with traditions, philosophy, literature, and history of the West. The program consisted of 15 required books by writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Aquinas, Marx, and Freud. By 1987, a group called the Rainbow Coalition argued the fact that the books were all written by DWEM's or Dead White European ...
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