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… Ways", Aquinas takes a very logical and simple approach to explaining the existence of God. He reasons that all things are either actuality in motion or potentiality in motion. A body cannot be in a state of potentiality and at the same time,…

… people do. He sees it as "enjoying life". Conquering or obtaining happiness ultimately means that you enjoy the life that you are living, letting go of personal shortcomings and flaws. The only way to obtain this happiness is to "diminish preoccupatio…

… of mind, dating back to at least Plato, who was the first dualist, and Aristotle, who was the first materialist. The mind/body problem is simple: What is the relationship between one's mind and one's body? Are they two separate entities, each…

… he has come to the conclusion that many of the opinions he held in his youth are doubtful, and consequently all ideas built upon those opinions are also doubtful. He deduces that he will have to disprove his current opinions and then construct a…

… try to answer the question about the purpose or meaning of life. Two of these are the super-naturalist and naturalist theory. The super naturalist theory is based on two ideas namely Soul centered and God centered. The latter talks of the purpose of…

… Known" The vital need for change and the possibility of it are the essence of what Krishnamurti communicates in the book "Freedom from the Known". Krishnamurti writes, "To understand and to be free of any problem we need a great deal of passionate…

… products of sensory experiences and not of purely mental operations. This word is derived from the Greek word empeiria, meaning "experience. With this definition we can conclude and knowledge of empiricism, we can conclude that empiricism consists of…

… life is probably quite different than most people. I have been through several traumatic events, as well as maintained high grades in rather high-level courses. Most people fail to understand how I manage to keep up my grades. However, perfectionism…

… earthly and essential bread of life. Man is given freedom through grace but this does not fulfill their hunger and thus they will gladly give it up for bread. This is clearly evident in people's following of Marxism, Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor,…

… mankind has come across many ideas and thoughts about the question of humanness. Although the question is still not completely answered, many have become renown because of their interpretation of humanness. Such people include Carl Jung who worked closel…