Philosophy Essay Examples Page 21

The wilderness is composed of a variety of landscapes that are both captivating and treacherous in nature. Such environments inspired Chris McCandless to substitute his life of conformity for spontaneity. And to trek across the country unto his death, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer retraces McCandless’ obscure journey across North America. Before presenting the…

Transcendentalism reflects on one’s connection with nature and their view that society corrupts people and that people should live as simply as possible. Both Krakauer and McCandless represent this view of the world very well. Krakauer and McCandless are both prime examples of transcendentalist thought represented through their actions, thoughts, and motives. Both Krakauer and…

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the Public Statement made by eight Alabama clergymen in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In this letter, King counter-argues the points the clergymen were making and uses logos, ethos, and pathos in order to make his counter-argument. By disproving the statements made by the clergymen and by having strong logos,…

Whenever people tell stories, the narrator can tell it in various ways. In The Things They Carry by Tim O’Brien, mentions that “By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others. You start sometimes with an incident that truly happened” (158). Stories…

Before we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Thomas Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument, it is necessary to outline his logic. Aquinas argues for the existence of God based on observable truths that are evident in nature. These truths are the fact that some things are in motion, that things are caused, that it is possible for…

Philosophy — a:pursuit of wisdom. b:a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means. Through this most specific definition given to us respectively by Sir Webster’s dictionary, I choose in my best interest to refrain to you just what the meaning of philosophy is. I implore you…

Sure, actions speak louder than the words, but sometimes even your actions are as undetected as the words you speak. Amir could reconcile his wrongdoings in The Kite Runner, thus leading him to his journey for redemption. His past comes to look him the face, anxious by these past sins, he uses numerous means to…

Philosophically, for something to be reasonable, it must be rationally coherent. Some would describe reason as an innate power of the human mind that involves understanding, evaluating and constructing concepts and arguments. Therefore, for religious belief to be reasonable, we must evaluate the potential arguments and rational proofs to determine whether religious belief without empirical…

Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? I am content at place where I can remain in a state of peaceful happiness, a place that naturally brings a smile on my face at the very thought of it….

To live authentically, in existentialism, means basically to live without deluding ourselves about the meaning of our lives or our place in the world, or about death. According to the existentialists, much of what we do is in what Sartre would call ‘bad faith’. Religion is a prime example of Bad Faith. God is, allegedly,…