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What is the cause of all Evil?

What is the cause of all Evil?

Is it the devil or human responsibility? What is the root cause of Evil? I think this complicated question begs a divine answer. Evil is such an absolutist word… I prefer to ask the question as follows: what’s the cause of injustice and... Read More

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Is God Omniscient ? If so, do we have free will?

Is God Omniscient ? If so, do we have free will?

If God exists, He is all knowing! That means that in advance he knows what we will do. If He knew yesterday that today I will do the laundry – am I free to NOT do the laundry today? There is a contradiction between our assumption that we have... Read More

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Philosophical attributes of God

Philosophical attributes of God

Is God a person? Does He/She/It exist? More questions about God… I’m not personally invested in believing in a personal God. For me God is something impersonal, all encompassing and in everything, not male, not female, more of an IT. But... Read More

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The Pythagorean School of Greek Philosophy

The Pythagorean School of Greek Philosophy

Pythagoras Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. He was famous for formulating the Pythagorean Theorem, but its principles were known earlier. As a philosopher, Pythagoras taught that number was the essence of all things. He mystically... Read More

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The Greek Philosopher Aristotle

The Greek Philosopher Aristotle

Aristotle (384 Bc – 322 Bc) Greek philosopher, born in Stagira a Greek colony on the peninsula of Chalcidice and student of the Greek philosopher Plato. His father Nichomachus was physician to Amyntas II, King of Macedonia, father of King Philip... Read More

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The Sophists and Sophism

The Sophists and Sophism

Sophism In philosophy “Sophists” is applied mainly to the traveling Greek teachers in the 5th century BC who wandered the country. They offered lessons in logic, ethics and rhetoric for a fee. Later they acquired a bad reputation, for their... Read More

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The Greek Philosopher Plato

The Greek Philosopher Plato

One of the great Greek philosophers, Plato (427 – 347 BC) produced ideas which laid groundwork for much of subsequent Western philosophy. Plato was born into an important Athenian family. He was well educated and at the age of 20 became a pupil... Read More

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Aristotelian Philosophy

Aristotelian Philosophy

To Aristotle the scientist and philosopher may be attributed several innovations in the examination and analysis of natural phenomena and human behavior. In the organization of his analysis, Aristotle divides the sciences into three... Read More

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Heraclitus & The Heraclitean School

Heraclitus & The Heraclitean School

Who was Heraclitus? Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who was active about 500 BC. He said that everything is made of fire. This makes him sound like the other early Greek philosophers, who looked for one material they thought must be common to all... Read More

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Stoicism and Stoics in Greek Philosophy

Stoicism and Stoics in Greek Philosophy

With the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) Greek culture decayed and there was little original philosophical thinking; speculation was mainly restricted to the sphere of ethics. The Stoic school, founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens about 310 BC,... Read More

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