Metaphysics The term metaphysics came from the writings of Aristotle that came after his writings on physics. Traditionally, metaphysics refers to the branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible. It seeks a description so basic, so esse...

According to my Metaphysical Profile, I would be considered a materialist. I believe in concrete items that can be touched and seen. The chair I sit on is at the top of the list because it is solid and can be felt underneath me. Love is also something that I believe in. It can't be touched, but ...

In Hesiod's Theogany, myth is defined as a way of explaining the account of the origins of the universe through the origins of God with distinctive personalities. In Presocratics Reader, philosophy is the inquiry through abstract reasoning. It critically takes experience, assesses argume...

The Biblical creation myth, outlined in Genesis, has become so ingrained into the consciousness of most "peoples of the book" that the story of Adam, Eve, and the Garden of Eden seem nearly historical. Like any great myth, the Biblical creation story has become an indelible part of the Wes...

The Monadology attempts to define the ultimate substance of the world. The first part of The Monadology explains what a monad is, whereas, the second part of The Monadology concentrates on metaphysical principles. All that there is in the universe consists of monads, which there are an infinite numb...

Upon the thought of the concept "Imaginative journeys", the initial response is to envisage a quest constituted by the fantastic, mythical and original – often assuming the form of a physical journey undertaken by the central characters of such a world. In many imaginative journeys, ...

Margaret Cavendish Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World is an embankment by the imagination upon human desire. Constrained by the physical limitations of this world, Cavendish's ambition and love of thought carry her to the farthest reaches of her own imagination and to the creation of ...

The Second Law of Thermodynamics The Second Law of Thermodynamics has several variations. One version says that some heat is always wasted when converting heat into mechanical energy. In other words all heat can not be completely converted into mechanical energy. Another states that heat n...

This paper will outline Spinoza's argument in Part 1 of his Ethics of substance. He argues that there is only one substance, which is the same as God, that includes everything in the universe. It will walk through each proposition and explain his proof of it, which relies of his stated definiti...

The sense of homelessness in "Acquainted With the Night" [Frost's quintessential dramatic lyric of homelessness] becomes acute when the speaker is granted his wish and the full burden of loneliness descends upon him. When the interrupted cry breaks over the roofs from another street, he stops his fe...

Divisible Bodies and the Search for Substantial Unity In his meditations, Des Cartes posits that extension is the essential property of substantive bodies. In analyzing of the malleable properties of wax, he claims, "I would not be making a correct judgment about the nature of wax unless I believed...

The GodsIn today's times, religion is something that much of the world's population believes in. Gods, whether people believe in one or many, are seen as superior beings in which we can worship. However, I have recently learned a new way in seeing Gods from the viewpoint of Aristotle. "Whatever i...

"Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ." (Eph. I, 4-5). These powerful words of St. Paul in his first letter to the Ephesians, I think...

A Look At Creation, From the View Point Of Islamic Philosophy "Whose existence is necessary does not have a cause, while that whose existence is possible is caused." The preceding was a statement by the very famous Persian Philosopher and Physician Ibn Sina (d.1037A.D) or known to the west...

The human conceptualization of the solar system dates back to the beginning of time. The early Egyptians worshipped the sun as a source of life and then the area called space was becoming a curiosity to humans. Throughout history, our knowledge of the solar system has increased and there is still ...

The Kalam Cosmological ArgumentThe major modern proponent of the 'kalam cosmological argument', William Lane Craig, sets out the argument as follows:1.Whatever began to exist has a cause of its existence.2.The universe began to exist.3.Therefore, the universe has a cause of its existence.(Craig 2003...