Question by : 1 question about social studies!!!! best answer to good information!?
how have ancient greek philosophers impacted modern astronomy?
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Answer by good4amber The Greeks discovered that the earth was a sphere by several methods and the philosopher Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth to within about 300 kilometers of today’s generally accepted value. In about 200 BC Aristarchus first stated that the earth revolves around the sun but most philosophers argued that everything revolves around earth.
Question by : Before the 18th century, theories on the origin of species are best described as___?
A. Nonexistent
B. Simple, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as destroyed life forms, but not placing them into evolutionary concept
C. Foundational, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as continuous lineage but merely lacking the genetic understanding to explain it
D. complete, but poorly explained in modern scientific terms until Darwin wrote more clearly
E. Fairly complete, but then repressed with the rise of creationist religions
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Answer by Angus Dobbs go with D as the answer. Although, if Darwin’s father had not been a staunched bible thumber and sneered at his sons scientific insights, things might of been differently understood.
Question by : Best exponents of modern ethics?
By modern ethics I mean the ethic models usually accepted as paramount in today’s society (which usually hold other theories such as pragmatism, hedonism, utilitarianism, etc. as their opposites in a way).
Which philosophers have contributed the most and delved the most into these ethical theories and which of their works (writings) are the most useful to comprehend their reasoning?
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Answer by Terrance Wilson All has distributed equal weight
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Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) In this last session on the Republic, the emphasis is on the idea of self-control, as put forward by Adeimantus in his speech. Socrates asserts that the most powerful passion one needs to learn how to tame is what he calls thumos. Used to denote “spiritedness” and “desire,” it is associated with ambitions for public life that both virtuous statesmen as well as great tyrants may pursue. The lecture ends with the platonic idea of justice as harmony in the city and the soul. 00:00 – Chapter 1. The Control of Passions 08:53 – Chapter 2. A Proposal for the Construction of KallipolIs 17:34 – Chapter 3. Justice 26:28 – Chapter 4. The Philosopher-King 33:26 – Chapter 5. What Are Plato’s Views on Modern America? Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006.
Question by : Best exponents of modern ethics?
By modern ethics I mean the ethic models usually accepted as paramount in today’s society (which usually hold other theories such as pragmatism, hedonism, utilitarianism, etc. as their opposites in a way).
Which philosophers have contributed the most and delved the most into these ethical theories and which of their works (writings) are the most useful to comprehend their reasoning?
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Answer by Terrance Wilson All has distributed equal weight
Question by mewok: I’m interested in writing, philosophy, and religion. What are the best colleges/universities for that?
I’m a sophomore in high school and we’ve been advised to start looking into colleges. I want to stay in the midwest area to keep the cost down and to stay close to family and friends. I’ve heard Iowa State has a good writing program, but I like the smaller community, so I’ve looked at Macalester College. Links and personal experience would be fantastic. Thank you!! =]
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Answer by DEE W Any of them. You do that because you like to do it. I would minor or major in something else in addition to that as there are very few job prospects with that degree.
Question by I am the most—-gretest sinner!: Who is the best philosopher of the ancient time, and who is the most comparative philosopher in modern time?
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Answer by Telis Plato (Ancient Greek). Me (Modern Greek).
Question by : Which modern philosopher do you life the best?
By modern I mean anybody who is born after 1400 ACE
* life= like….. lol
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Answer by Applehunter Immanuel Kant or John Locke.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (IPA ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhəlm ˈniːtʃə) (Röcken, near Lützen, October 15, 1844 – Weimar, August 25, 1900) was a philosopher, poet, musician and German philologist, considered one of the most influential modern thinkers of the 19th century. He made a thorough critique of the culture, religion and Western philosophy, through the deconstruction of the concepts that comprise them, based on the analysis of moral attitudes (positive and negative) to life. This work profoundly affected generations of theologians, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, poets, novelists and playwrights. He meditated on the consequences of the triumph of the secularism of the Enlightenment, expressed in your comment “God is dead”, in a way that determined the agenda of many of the best-known intellectuals after his death. While some argue that the defining characteristic of Nietzsche is not so much the theme was but the style and the subtlety with which did it, he was an author who introduced, like no other, a worldview which has reorganized the thought of the 20th century, authors such as Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault and Deleuze among others. Nietzsche received recognition during the second half of the 20th century as a significant figure in modern philosophy. His influence was particularly noticeable in the Existentialist critics, phenomenological, Existentialism and postmodern philosophers. He is considered one of the three “masters of suspicion …
