This paper is on the ideas of two philosophers, Lonergan and Augustine. These thinkers present different views on love as the dynamic structure, empirical, intellectual, rational and responsible levels of consciousness. Augustine suggests that the understanding of the Almighty is…
Robert Nozick (1938-2002) has gained popularity due to his political philosophy described in his Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974). Nozicks book argues against the Theory of Justice (1971) by John Rawls . Before turning to the characterization of Nozicks libertarian…
Tradition, as used by Fadiman and Bloom is a structured, well-organized, and conventionally agreed system of learning or acquisition of knowledge. This system involves studying what has been discovered about the natural phenomenon. In this system, disciplines such as mathematics,…
Confucianism is the ethical and multifaceted political teaching. The founder of the doctrine was Confucius (551 – 479 B.C.). He proposed the idea of uniting members of a family, a team, combining a state and nation. In imperial China, Confucianism…
Justified True Belief The true-justified-belief theory of knowledge is a school of thought developed by Plato in one of his famous ancient philosophical dialogues. It is one of his widely known doctrines which has been both greatly debated and applied…
Saint Augustines and Lonergans Approach to Personal Interiority and Transcendence Saint Augustine and Bernard Lonergan are philosophers from two different eras of philosophy establishment. They had similar and, at the same time, different beliefs and ideas concerning different aspect of…
Bacons Idols Sir Francis Bacon developed one of the most sophisticated philosophical methods in history. His methods were supposed to replace the old ones in the tradition of Aristotle. Bacon supposed that it was possible to generalize a finding based…
Aristotles Perception of Happiness Common people and men of letters treat happiness as the process of living well or doing well. However, the meaning implied is different on the part of common people and philosophers. Men believe that virtues help…
One of the problems affecting the society since time immemorial is gender inequality. It has forced various nations to adopt laws and policies in order to address the issue of gender inequality in their countries. A look at the modern…