... might be useful to explain how I see the differences between the philosophical and psychological concepts of the ego, based on how the two schools of thought have approached the problem. Philosophers seem to me to start by looking at the concept of self as a logical problem of separating the individual and his or her consciousness from the world around it. The ... of the self as a separate individual may seem like one of the most obvious and "self-evident" concepts imaginable, it is actually one of the most difficult philosophical problems imaginable. Philosophers have shown us that def...

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... than any other being immersed in nature, and that is why we are special. The word "hedonism" comes from the Greek word "Hedone," which means pleasure. In antiquity, a group of philosophers were called hedonists, because they believed that the highest principle of morality is pleasure and that the meaning of life is to reach a state of pleasure or happiness. Some people ... believe that the highest goal in life is to follow rules, and some believe it is to demonstrate one's superiority over others (elitism, fascism). Some ancient philosophers - the stoics - believed that the guiding prin...

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... other, he implies that all parts of these structures have to do their own jobs and thus to provide all the necessities for the existence in harmony. For example, wise philosophers should govern the state as the rational beginning rules the soul; auxiliaries do the things, required for the state (as cases in point, we can consider warriors, who represent the ... the virtue of life is like following or imitating God - that is a vital aim of the soul. This theory of healthy personality does portray Plato as one of the greatest philosophers ever. I would like to express my deep agreement wi...

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... of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas persisted and were eventually tackled by the more intellectual, so-called philosophers. Thus, excavation of "the external world" began. As the authoritarinism of the ancients gave way to the more liberal views of the modernists, two main positions concerning epistemology and the ... ...

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What do I know? In their pursuit for the ultimate truth about the world modern philosophers" intense focus on knowledge soon revealed various errors and contradictions in the simplest knowledge claims. After critically exploring this point with the illustrational help of a basketball it is apparent that ... ...

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