Academic papers on Philosophy

The Relationship Between Happiness And Work
4 pages in length. Happiness and work are inextricably intertwined even though the coupling may seem entirely mismatched. The extent to which happiness is the result of virtue is both grand and far-reaching; that work cultivates feelings of...
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Does Motive Matter?
This 4 page paper examines Mill's idea about motive. Several examples are provided in which to evaluate whether or not motive matters in respect to morality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Living Simply: Emerson and Thoreau
A 4 page paper which examines living simply as seen through quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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David Hume on Natural Religion
This 4 page paper discusses David Hume's work, "Discourses on Natural Religion." It summarizes Cleanthes's argument; Philo's argument; standardizes Cleanthes's; discusses it; and evalutes it. Bibliography lists 3 source.
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Fields of Philosophy
A 4 page essay that discusses which branch of philosophy is the most significant. Western philosophy is divided into three branches, which are metaphysics, axiology, and epistemology (What is Philosophy, 2005). To put it simply, metaphysics answers...
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Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Religion and Philosophy
This 3 page paper examines reason, revelation and tradition in both Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and in St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. It is found that there are both differences and similarities. No additional sources cited.
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Contradiction and Inconsistency: Emerson
A 3 page paper which examines Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A 3 page paper which examines Emerson
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Transformation of Genius into Practical Power: Emerson
A 3 page paper which examines whether Ralph Waldo Emerson believes that the transformation of genius into practical power is possible as seen in his essay Experience. No additional sources cited.
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History as Biography: Emerson
A 3 page paper which examines why Ralph Waldo Emerson refers to history as biography as seen in his essay History. No additional sources cited.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
A 3 page paper which examines how Ralph Waldo Emerson perceived time. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Human Nature According to Confucius
This 5 page paper examines human nature. In respect to human nature, what did Confucius say? That is the focus of this thoughtful paper that relays quotes from Confucius. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Best Government is Not Always a Democracy
This 3 page paper examines the theories of Hobbes and Mill and sees Hobbes as having the most responsible theory. This paper is written in response to a prompt claiming that after a nuclear war the people must choose a new government. Bibliography...
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Hume
A 4 page essay that offer a modern English translation of a portion of David Hume
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Substance Dualism: Descartes, Spinoza and Berkeley
3 pages in length. Man's timeline of existence has created a number of philosophical debates that - despite repeated attempts to reach a single answer - have served to perpetuate debate throughout the centuries. One of the most hotly challenged...
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