Essays and Research Papers on More Philosophers

A 7 page contention that justice is more than just law, justice is the product of morals and ethics. Utilizes the Platonic model from Plato's Republic, John Stewart Mill's theory of utilitarianism, and Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative of reason to illustrate this contention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines the logic of Renee Descartes in his famous work Meditations on First Philosophy. The writer traces how Descartes first deconstructs his view of reality down to his perception of himself as a "thinking thing" and then reconstructs it based on reason. No additional sources cited.

(10 pp) French theorist and social critic, Roland Barthes (1915 - 1980) took his information from the areas of sociology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and linguistics. He believed that language is more than just words or texts, but rather a system of signs, which reflect the society and its given place in time. This study ...

33 pages containing 16 brief essays. Approximately 8 of these are about the philosophies of Aristotle and the remaining 8 discuss those of Kant and/or Bentham. Please e-mail a request for more detailed information or to purchase in parts/sections. No bibliography.

Approximately 15 pages worth of comprehensive, analytical essays on the philosophies of Nietzche. Specifically discussed are Nietzche's views on freedom, gray will, the cardinal instinct of self-preservation, religious guilt, morality, nihilism, and more. No Bibliography.

This 5 page report discusses Rene Descartes (1596-1650) and his philosophy regarding reality. While he is most famous for his cognito “I think, therefore I am,” that proclamation is less than an accurate or meaningful statement as it relates to the reality of what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity. Descartes’ “The Meditations” was published in Paris in ...

This 6 page report discusses ideas of justice as perceived by the classical philosopher Aristotle and John Stuart Mill. According to Aristotle, the human soul is made up of rational and non-rational elements. In comparison, John Stuart Mill did not model his understanding of character on any factors other than his own belief that a person’s (male or female) character develops ...

This 6 page paper examines four topics: romanticism, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill and revolution. The paper is divided into four distinct parts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper examines Nietzsche's ideas about God, and the good-bad paradigm versus the good- evil debate, in two separate essays. Kant's ideas on God are discussed as well. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page report discusses Karl Marx’s attitudes regarding alienation and John Stuart Mill’s theory of liberty. Karl Marx’s primary dictum, reduced in the most simplistic of terms, was that all events are determined by economic forces. Marx was always well-aware that it was not the working class but the middle class that drove history along its ever-progressing path. That ...

A 10 page paper consisting of three essays with the first two illustrating rhetorical modes (expository and persuasive) that consider the topic of the dual nature of justice and the third explaining how each essay met the guidelines of the selected rhetorical modes, identifying the differences between the two. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A paper which considers the difference between a syllogism and an essay, and the way in which greater depth of meaning and ambiguity can be explored in the latter. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A five page paper which loks at the concept of self-knowledge in the essays of Michel de Montaigne, and the way in which he sees the individual as relating to nature and to social systems. Bibliography lists 1 source.

11 pages worth of philosophical essays (7 essays to be exact). Mentioned are Hume, Descartes, Plato, Aristotle, and Kant. Essays are available for individual sale. Please e-mail a request for more detailed information.

This 4 page paper examines the components of Plato's triportite theory and how that applies to his sense of justice. This paper furthermore examines how Plato's ideas about justice are applied to personal morality and politics in general. Bibliography lists no sources.

A paper which looks at the difference between a syllogism and an essay, and at the way a syllogism can be expanded in the essay form to include depths of meaning which are not evident in the syllogism itself. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper that discusses Augustine's Confessions and Abelard's Stories of my Misfortunes. The two essays are compared and contrasted. The writer comments on the era in which each wrote these particular essays. The writer finds Abelard to be selfish and self-serving, a man who blames everyone else while Augustine's work actually meets both ...

This 3 page paper discusses and gives the arguments of several well known modern philosophers: David Strong and Herbert Marcuse. Quotes cited from works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing Jonas’ restructuring of Kant’s categorical imperative in regards to ethically responsible decisions and actions. In the 18th and 19th centuries, philosophers such as Immanual Kant were interested in “the supreme moral principle” which would govern individual action and decision making in society, religion and politics. Kant in his ...

This 6 page report discusses the fact that although almost a century separated John Locke’s writing from the creation of the British colonists “declaration of independence,” the Revolutionary War, and the ultimate development of the United States’ constitution, the thinking of John Locke (1632-1704) played an important role in the mindset of Americans in its earliest years. As a result, his thinking ...

This 13 page paper is replete with information about this famous philosopher and provides an overview of each of his major works, including but not limited to On Liberty and Utilitarianism. His personal life is discussed as well. Both the man and the material are evaluated. The paper is written in a ...

This 8 page paper examines several of the author's writings and points made by him. Risky arguments are noted and discussed in depth. Topics of discussion include religion, God, euthanasia and money. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper that discusses Thoughts for the Times on War and Death written by Freud in 1915 and The Revolt of the Masses, written by Gassett in 1930. The general themes of each work are presented. The writer comments on how the authors' arguments flow, their conclusions and how they are alike ...

This 4-page paper compares ideas written by Ralph Waldo Emerson with those written by Thomas Frank. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages. In this model paper the question is considered as to whether it is morally permissible for a teacher to raise a student's grade if the student asks for a higher grade because he or she needs it to get into law school. In this particular effort arguments will be taken from some of the writings of ...