Philosophy

In The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex published in 1871, Charles Darwin wrote: "I fully … subscribe to the judgment of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between m…

Throughout "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote develops the argument that the American dream is toxic through his venture into the minds of the repeated criminals that slaughtered the Clutters. Through the …

Studying human animals and their societies requires a deep understanding of what builds their society and the hierarchies in the society. Humans and their societies are based on many factors, most of …

Socrates was a teacher through and through. He spent his entire life getting people to think, and think in a way that hadn't been really seen before. Many saw him as the annoying ugly guy that messed …

Police officers have been under heavy scrutiny for years, arguably decades. Videos have emerged, trials have been won, and news had been broken showing the escalation of force from police officers tha…

Lorraine Code is a Canadian feminist who changed the view of epistemology, clearly and willingly contrasting with early philosophers, such as Descartes, Pierce, and Socrates. Code proves to have a mai…

Sparta was renowned as being the most powerful state in Greece, however, many may argue this came at the detriment of the people. Before Lycurgus' reforms, Sparta was riddled with anarchic unrest and …

Franklin and Emerson are influential in what being self-reliant is as well as what it means to have strong beliefs and morals as an individual as well as their perspectives on nature. The two have rem…

In both readings, Socrates illustrates the principles of justice and self- discipline within a society by comparing just behavior with unjust behavior. He begins his assessment by detailing that each …

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," just one of the many quotes that portray the American Dream. Most people are often taught at a young age the 'wrong idea' of what it really is, and fail …