A court for the crime of explaining his ideas, for instance, sentenced Socrates, to death. ... I suppose that my point, which I am being exceedingly long-winded about, is that philosophy does not stand apart from the rest of the sciences and it should, can, and must be a science. ... Also, is the mind the only nonphysical entity in our universe or do other entities exist such as ghosts or souls? ... The mind and body relationship is a tricky subject. ... "I think therefore I am" or "cogito ergo sum," the well-known quote of Rene Descartes, is the basis of his theory known as dualism. ...

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It was believed by the ancient Greeks (and held as a pious belief by the ancient Romans, although by Ovid's time it was probably considered more of a superstition among the educated classes) that if a body wasn't buried properly, the departed's soul would not rest. ... Alcyone asks Juno to give her news of her lost husband, and in return Alcyone will give to Juno "sacrifise/And hooly youres become I shal/With good wille, body, herte, and al:" (lines 114-116) "in short, to become the goddess's acolyte. ... "For y am sorrow, and sorw ys y" ("For I am sorrow, and sorrow i...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many of the historical sources have been lost, and histories preserved from the past were written by upper class men for their own edification. ... Scholars have even debated whether this was a bona fide matriarchal society because in its surviving frescoes women are depicted more frequently than men. ... On the island of Crete, numerous palaces have been found, but no fortified walls, indicating either security behind a navy or a nonviolent society. ... Figurines of bare-breasted women with full-length skirts that have one or more snakes entwined around their arms are considered to be represe...

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I am not a pessimist and I believe things can improve. ... That is progressive, realistic and ideal, as I shall show, using Muggeridge as support. ... Chapter I-Enlightened Basis ?... In this society, Socrates thought education was the way to freedom. ... We know Socrates through his student Plato's writings. ...

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These chapters deal largely with Goethe and his relation to Faust and Faust's redemption; the following two quotes are largely responsible for the enquiry: " Schopenhauer found the quintessence of human nature-indeed, of the universe-in Faust. ... And here, poor fool, I stand once more, No wiser than I was before." ... His sense of futility is quite well expressed in the following: "Not like the gods am I-profoundly it is rued! I am of the earthworm's dust engendered brood, Which blindly burrowing, by dust is fed, And crushed beneath the wanderers tread." ... Euripides -wi...

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• Grade Level: High School

I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away " (1 Kings 19:10, emphasis added). ... Have been for years. ... Will I see you at the last? ... Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? ...

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• Grade Level: High School