Why arent the greek gods worshipped as much as the christian god?

January 28th, 2012

Question by Socialist Defender: Why arent the greek gods worshipped as much as the christian god?
Is it not amusing that modern society reveres all the ancient greek philosophers, scientists and thinkers yet we worship a god from a society that could barely make fire…?
Im sorry, but these are all really stupid answers…
I think some of you are missing the point… at least a few of you get it…

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Answer by The Replacers
They went out of style.

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Where can I find an online copy of Foucault’s essay “Truth and Power”?

January 27th, 2012

Question by Mason B: Where can I find an online copy of Foucault’s essay “Truth and Power”?
Post Modern French Philosopher MIchelle Foucault
Deconstructionalist

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Answer by rocket
Try this page:

http://www.csun.edu/~hfspc002/fouc.essay.html

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a topic idea for a project relating to St. Augustine, or Ghazali, or Sufism orrr a number of other topics?

January 26th, 2012

Question by Heather J: a topic idea for a project relating to St. Augustine, or Ghazali, or Sufism orrr a number of other topics?
im doing a project and i need a topic relating to one of the philosophers St. Augustine, Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl, or Ibn Rushd. An example would be relating Ghazali’s concept of Sufism with modern day Sufism…something like that. any ideas??

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Answer by ferd
pick one,run with it

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What ancient religion or philosophy is this?

January 25th, 2012

Question by prettykitty: What ancient religion or philosophy is this?
My friend was talking about some religion or philosophy that was supposed to be the oldest or something. All I really remember was that it had kind of a long name and sounded like it was two words….
I was gonna look it up once I got home but I don’t remember!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by neil s
The oldest scriptural tradition in the world is the Vedas, and the oldest philosophical tradition is in India.

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Is India the mother of all civilisations?

January 25th, 2012

Question by : Is India the mother of all civilisations?
India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy.
Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all. Nothing should more deeply shame the modern student than the recency and inadequacy of his acquaintance with India….This is the India that patient scholarship is now opening up like a new intellectual continent to that Western mind which only yesterday thought civilization an exclusive Western thing.

– Will Durant (American philosopher)

Perhaps in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit, and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.

– Will Durant (American historian)

The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand religions and two million gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of traditions, whose yesterday’s bear date with the modering antiquities for the rest of nations-the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an imperishable interest for alien prince and alien peasant, for lettered and ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, bond and free, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the world combined.

— Mark Twain

In religion, India is the only millionaire……the One land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.

– Mark Twain (American writer)

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Answer by benn-gunn
Civilization began in Africa and shinar.

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My sis would not stop bugging me whilst i was studying. So here it is the song. Know you can post it on Facebook

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sociology quiz out if the 100 i answered i am having problems with these?

January 24th, 2012

Question by acressey1972: sociology quiz out if the 100 i answered i am having problems with these?
The following is a Durkheimian proposition:
Answer

A.Modern societies are characterized by organic solidarity

B.Religion is a system of social solidarity

C.There is a nonrational foundation of modern rationality

D.Traditional societies are characterized by mechanical solidarity

E.All of the above

An American student who is conservative and republican is likely to agree with:
Answer

A.Functionalism

B.Social Darwinism

C.Laissez-faire

D.All of the above

E.None of the above

A philosopher who contributed to the development of functionalism was:
Answer

A.Marx

B.Mead

C.Jane Adams

D.Durkheim

E.DuBois

The research technique that permits the study of a large number of variables and results can be generalized to a larger population if sampling is accurate is:
Answer

A.Experiment

B.Participant Observation

C.Survey

D.Historical research

E.Content analysis

Karl Marx wrote the following:
Answer

A.Democracy in America

B.The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

C.Suicide

D.Capital

E.Mind, Self and Society

The following is a Weberian proposition:
Answer

A.Modern societies are characterized by organic solidarity

B.Religion is the opiate of the masses (people)

C.”The struggle of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”

D.”The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part”

E.None of the above

Marxist concept referring to the unhappiness most workers feel with their jobs:
Answer

A.Alienation

B.Materialism

C.Idealism

D.Participation observation

E.Structural mobility

An American student who is liberal on social issues, progressive and socialist is likely to agree with the following theory:
Answer

A.Functionalism

B.Conflict theory

C.Symbolic Interactionism

D.Modernization

E.Social Darwinism

The following is a Durkheimian proposition:
Answer

A.Workers in capitalist societies experience alienation from the act of working

B.The organizational form characteristic of modern society is bureaucracy

C.Crime is functional for holding society together

D.Sociology centers around three interrelated subjects: stratification, organizations and politics

E.The self can be conceptualized as having two aspects: me and I.

Philospher that studied the social construction of the self:
Answer

A.Karl Marx

B.Emile Durkheim

C.Herbert Mead

D.Max Weber

E.Auguste Comte

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January 24th, 2012

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Catchy Title for Philosopher Project?

January 23rd, 2012

Question by ThistleThorn: Catchy Title for Philosopher Project?
In my history class, we need to make a poster of seven influential philosophers ranging from ancient to early modern times. Can anyone help me think of a catchy title for my project? Thanks!

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Answer by itstallion23
seven influential philosophers ranging from ancient to early modern times

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Who is the Philosopher that belived in being in the middle of 2 extremes.?

January 22nd, 2012

Question by crazyratgym: Who is the Philosopher that belived in being in the middle of 2 extremes.?
I think he’s from the modern era.

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Answer by Kyle W
Aristotle. He outlines the Doctrine of the Mean in his Nicomachean Ethics. Check it out here: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/MEAN.HTM

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