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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philosophy |
 | | On moral philosophy, in the wide sense, have been grafted the philosophy of law, the philosophy of society, or social philosophy (which is much the same as sociology), and the philosophies of religion and of history. | | | A yearning for religion was stirring in the world, and philosophy became enamoured of every religious doctrine Plotinus (third century after Christ), who must always remain the most perfect type of the neo-Platonic mentality, makes philosophy identical with religion, assigning as its highest aim the union of the soul with God by mystical ways. | | | Such are the questions of the nature of God, of His relation with the visible world, of man's origin and destiny Now religion, which precedes philosophy in the social life, naturally obliges it to take into consideration the points of religious doctrine. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm
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| | scholasticism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 |
| | But the break between medieval philosophy and Renaissance thought was mainly in the area of metaphysics; scholastic tradition and methods continued to be followed in politics and law—in canon law, civil law, and common law and, later, in the development of international law. | | | By firmly separating philosophy and theology and insisting that there is no rational ground for faith, he brought an end to that synthesis of faith and reason that characterized the greatest scholastic thought. | | | There were numerous scholastic philosophies in the Middle Ages, but basic to all scholastic thought was the conjunction of faith and reason. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/sc/scholast.html
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| | Trinity Foundation: Explaining God, man, Bible, salvation, philosophy, theology. |
| | The primary example of legalism, one correspondent told me, is the Pharisees, who by their traditions had made void the laws of God. | | | One common misunderstanding of legalism is that one is a legalist only if one tries to obey, or insists that others obey, man-made laws. | | | This is also a very popular misunderstanding of legalism, and it frequently leads to accusing anyone with scruples about obeying Gods law of being a legalist. |
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http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=112
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| | Philosophy Radio |
| | A professor of philosophy and a professor of physics discuss the idea of a 'Law' of nature. | | | Professor Harry Kroto explores his abiding belief in humanism and passion for the philosophy of Benedict Spinoza | | | Thomas Kuhn's contribution to the philosophy of science is discussed by Daniel Garber, Eliene Augenbraun and Sloan Wilson |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ego/philosophyradio
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| | Modern Islamic philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | He sought to give philosophy a free-reign, and was keen on Muslims appreciating how the modern nation-state understood law, as opposed ethics; his view being that the shari'ah was a mixture of both ethics and law. | | | Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi who is credited with creating modern Islamist political thought in the 20th century, argued that science was itself merely re-discovering that all matter and energy obeys laws, and that Kafir claims that humankind was free of obligation to comprehend and obey such laws, had to be resisted by Muslims. | | | He argued that the basis of Islamic revival was the return to the intellectual dynamism that was the hallmark of the Islamic scholarly tradition (these ideas are outlined in Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism and his magnum opus, Islam). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Islamic_philosophy
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| | Philosophy Now |
| | Fear of God certainly commends the moral law to the senses, but Kant is mistaken if he thinks that he can allay believers' worries by promising them that obeying the "bare law for its own sake" can be as erotic as obeying the law out of fear. | | | Thus `admiration, reverence and respect' are inferior precisely because they are `self-produced'; we can agree with Kant's distinctions without sharing his preference for the `self-produced' over `fears and inclinations' when the source of these latter is God. | | | But a formula which defines the sublime in cerebral terms alone may be as much a sign of the deterioration of the soul in the eighteenth century, as the equation of the term with the sensual is a sign of the deterioration of our language in the twentieth century. |
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http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/11hirshberg.htm
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| | The Nature of Law |
| | An attempt to explain this normative, reason-giving aspect of law is one of the main challenges of general jurisprudence. | | | A much more promising approach to the normativity of law is found in Joseph Raz's theory of authority, which also shows how such a theory about the normativity of law entails important conclusions with respect to the conditions of legal validity. | | | In other words, Hart's fundamental objection to the predictive model is actually a result of his vision about the main functions of law in society, holding, contra Austin and Kelsen, that those functions are not exclusively related to the ability of the law to impose sanctions. |
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lawphil-nature
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| | More on Eastern Philosophy |
| | However, Buddhist philosophy as such has its foundations more in the doctrines of anatta, which specifies that all is without substantial metaphysical being, pratitya-samutpada, which delineates the Buddhist concept of causality, and Buddhist phenomenological analysis of dharmas, or phenomenological constituents. | | | Another common thread that often differentiates Eastern philosophy from Western is the belief regarding the relationship between God or the gods and the universe. | | | As a philosophy, Deng's chief contribution was to reject the supremacy of theory in interpreting Marxism and to argue for a policy of seeking truth from facts. |
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http://www.artilifes.com/eastern-philosophy.htm
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| | Political philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The rise of Islam based on both the Qur'an and the political philosophy of Muhammad strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in the Mediterranean region. | | | The early Christian philosophy of Augustine of Hippo was by and large a rewrite of Plato in a Christian context. | | | There was a major revival of academic political philosophy as a result of the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice in 1971. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy
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| | Process philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Process philosophy, for some, gives God a special place in the universe of occasions of experience. | | | The Noble Eightfold Path may be the clearest expression of this principle in any religion before modern times, although the more legalistic process of ijtihad in Islam is likewise an assignment of trust in a process of interpretation, the result of which (Islamic law) is held to be wholly trustworthy to make life-critical decisions. | | | Process philosophy reverses this trend, favoring "Becoming" over "Being" and "Non-being" which logically follows from Being, that is to say, it does not characterize change as illusory but as the cornerstone of metaphysical reality, or ontology. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_philosophy
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| | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
| | The entries on Islamic philosophy look at the work of individual thinkers and also at topics which relate to law, politics and cultural life in general, so that we find here a treatment of Islamic philosophy in its widest perspective, as both a cause and effect of the life of Islam itself. | | | Site © Copyright 2001 -2002 by Islamic Philosophy Online, Inc. A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the study of Islamic philosophy. | | | Transmission of Greek Philosophy into the Islamic World |
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http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep.htm
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| | Avicenna & Medieval Muslim Philosophy Audiobooks |
| | Similarly (but more specifically), al-Farabi said that logic is the universal law of regulated thought, while revealed religion expresses truth in the symbols of a particular place and culture. | | | In the 9th century, al-Kindi affirmed that philosophy and religion are merely different methods of pursuing the One Truth. | | | In the 11th century, ibn Sina (Avicenna) solidified Aristotle's importance in the Islamic world and said that philosophy is the only source of knowledge -- and knowledge is the source of salvation. |
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http://www.audioclassics.net/html/phil2_files/avicenna.htm
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| | Clark University Philosophy |
| | In addition to general courses on traditional philosophical topics - history of philosophy, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology - students may choose from a variety of courses dedicated to special areas of investigation, including environmental ethics, philosophy of law, origins of analytic philosophy, existentialism, self and nature, and philosophy of psychology. | | | Philosophy asks the most fundamental questions about existence, the nature of reality, knowledge, and how we should live. | | | The philosophy department at Clark is comprised of six full-time professors and two part-time lecturers, all of whom are committed to excellence in teaching and working closely with individual students. |
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http://www.clarku.edu/departments/philosophy
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| | Legalism |
| | The Qin Dynasty, operating under the Legalist philosophy, finally unified China in 221 BC. | | | The ruler and his ministers were simply parts of the state machine--a machine which would ideally run so well that no matter how unworthy the ruler was, the laws would still keep the state going. | | | So although many parts of Legalism seem to make good sense (such as equality under the law, and government according to merit), memories of the abuse of the law under the Qin has kept Legalism in a bad light throughout Chinese history. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Springs/6339/Legalism.html
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| | Jewish philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online |
| | Jewish philosophy has over the course of its history been the source of a number of different types of study based on the philosophically relevant ideas of the Hebrew Bible, Rabbinic Law (Halakhah), Rabbinic theology and Rabbinic homiletics, exegesis and hermeneutics (midrash) (see Bible, Hebrew; Halakhah; Theology, Rabbinic; Midrash). | | | Symptomatic of that commitment is the prominence and recurrence of the philosophy of Judaism among the concerns of Jewish philosophy. | | | The confidence of the practitioners of Jewish philosophy in the conceptual vitality and continually renewed moral and spiritual relevance of the tradition is typically the reflex of an existential commitment to that tradition and to the people who are its bearers. |
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http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/J066#J066P1.1
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| | Seed Church |
| | Control was a major part of the schools philosophy with both its students and other churches. | | | Legalism is the belief held by some of the early Jews (Galatians is where it is addressed) that circumcision and law-keeping were necessary for one to be a Christian. | | | Adding to law is called "deceptive philosophy" and unable to keep someone from "sinful indulgence" (Col. 2:8ff). |
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http://www.dyingtolive.org/blog
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philosophy |
| | On moral philosophy, in the wide sense, have been grafted the philosophy of law, the philosophy of society, or social philosophy (which is much the same as sociology), and the philosophies of religion and of history. | | | A yearning for religion was stirring in the world, and philosophy became enamoured of every religious doctrine Plotinus (third century after Christ), who must always remain the most perfect type of the neo-Platonic mentality, makes philosophy identical with religion, assigning as its highest aim the union of the soul with God by mystical ways. | | | Such are the questions of the nature of God, of His relation with the visible world, of man's origin and destiny Now religion, which precedes philosophy in the social life, naturally obliges it to take into consideration the points of religious doctrine. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm
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| | GRADUATE PROGRAM IN |
| | Designed to analyze Hindu code of conduct; social, cultural and legal significance of Smritis or Dharma Shastra, i.e., Law books, as compared to Shruti, the revealed scriptures; special emphasis on fundamental Hindu laws by Manu. | | | Upanishads as epitome of Vedic spiritual science; concept of Atman- individual being and Brahman- Universal Being; universe as Lila - divine play; law of Karma and Reincarnation; ideal of Moksha or liberation from Samsara. | | | Schools of logic and analysis; both these as twin philosophies; Indian logic and epistemology; Vaisheshika's emphasis on 'atomic' theory; individual and particulars; plurality of souls; Nyaya's logic, comparison with Aristotelian logic; place of theism in these philosophies. |
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http://www.hindu-university.edu/hindphil.htm
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| | Chicago Schools: Economics, Religion, Philosophy, & Law [4.8K] | | | René Descartes and the Meditations on First Philosophy | | | Rudolf Otto in Rem B. Edwards' Reason and Religion [6.4K] |
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http://www.friesian.com/history.htm
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| | Philosophy Resources on the Web |
| | It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education and language. | | | Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline. | | | Animal Rights Law Project -- The materials on this website include selected documents from some of the legal and regulatory actions, including those related to: the right of a student to object to vivisection or dissection in the classroom, hunting and wildlife issues, hunter harassment, wild horses, animal sacrifices, and animal care committees. |
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http://www.lib.iastate.edu/collections/eresourc/philosop.html
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| | Religious philosophy and controversy (from Blaise Pascal) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities, formulated what came to be known as Pascal's law of pressure, and propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart rather than through reason. | | | This is a summary of the political philosophy of John Locke. | | | Symbolism and iconography have been utilized by all the religions of the world. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-15021?tocId=15021
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| | The Philosophy of Rudolph Hermann Lotze |
| | According to Lotze, nature is governed by mechanical law, but the system of nature is a set of means to a divinely appointed end. | | | He insisted that philosophy be rooted in the natural sciences, because human beings are subject to the same natural laws as inanimate objects. | | | Lotze's philosophy becomes an idealistic pantheism in which the substance of Spinoza and the monads of Leibniz are united. |
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http://radicalacademy.com/philrhlotze.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philosophy |
| | On moral philosophy, in the wide sense, have been grafted the philosophy of law, the philosophy of society, or social philosophy (which is much the same as sociology), and the philosophies of religion and of history. | | | A yearning for religion was stirring in the world, and philosophy became enamoured of every religious doctrine Plotinus (third century after Christ), who must always remain the most perfect type of the neo-Platonic mentality, makes philosophy identical with religion, assigning as its highest aim the union of the soul with God by mystical ways. | | | Such are the questions of the nature of God, of His relation with the visible world, of man's origin and destiny Now religion, which precedes philosophy in the social life, naturally obliges it to take into consideration the points of religious doctrine. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm
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| | Philosophy & Religion @ Northeastern University |
| | Although a major is not offered in Religion, students interested in Religious Studies may complete a Philosophy major with a Concentration in Religious Studies or a Minor in Religious Studies with a major in another subject. | | | Philosophers have examined everything from the nature of morality to the foundations of mathematics, the value of art, the truth of religious beliefs, and the justifications for law and government. | | | The study of philosophy can profoundly affect both the thinking one does and the kind of person one is. We offer three approaches to the philosophy major, a minor, and specific graduate courses. |
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http://www.philosophy.neu.edu
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| | CT - Could they be the contenders? |
| | Born in 1933, in Kanegem, Belgium, Cardinal Danneels studied philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Louvain and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. | | | Cardinal Hummes was invited to be the keynote speaker at the Vatican’s March commemoration of the Second Vatican Council document on the church in the modern world, the key text for explaining the church’s commitment to justice and to bringing Gospel values to bear on economic, social and political life. | | | Cardinal Schonborn was the main editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/apr1505/041505contenders.html
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| | Islamic philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online |
| | Islamic philosophy has always had a rather difficult relationship with the Islamic sciences, those techniques for answering theoretical questions which are closely linked with the religion of Islam, comprising law, theology, language and the study of the religious texts themselves. | | | Islamic philosophy may be defined in a number of different ways, but the perspective taken here is that it represents the style of philosophy produced within the framework of Islamic culture. | | | Political philosophy in Islam looked to Greek thinkers for ways of understanding the nature of the state, yet also generally linked Platonic ideas of the state to Qur’anic notions, which is not difficult given the basically hierarchical nature of both types of account (see Political philosophy in classical Islam). |
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http://rep.routledge.com/article/H057
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philosophy |
| | On moral philosophy, in the wide sense, have been grafted the philosophy of law, the philosophy of society, or social philosophy (which is much the same as sociology), and the philosophies of religion and of history. | | | A yearning for religion was stirring in the world, and philosophy became enamoured of every religious doctrine Plotinus (third century after Christ), who must always remain the most perfect type of the neo-Platonic mentality, makes philosophy identical with religion, assigning as its highest aim the union of the soul with God by mystical ways. | | | Such are the questions of the nature of God, of His relation with the visible world, of man's origin and destiny Now religion, which precedes philosophy in the social life, naturally obliges it to take into consideration the points of religious doctrine. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12025c.htm
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| | Ibn Rushd [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | Just fifteen years before his birth, the greatest critic of Islamic philosophy, al-Ghazzali (1058-1111), had died after striking a deadly blow to Muslim Neoplatonic philosophy, particularly the work of the great philosopher Ibn Sina (980-1037). | | | From such bleak circumstances emerged the Spanish-Muslim philosophers, of which the jurist and physician Ibn Rushd came to be regarded as the final and most influential Muslim philosopher, especially to those who inherited the tradition of Muslim philosophy in the West. | | | The earliest biographers and Muslim chroniclers speak little about his education in science and philosophy, where most interest from Western scholarship in him lies, but note his propensity towards the law and his life as a jurist. |
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/i/ibnrushd.htm
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| | Process Philosophy |
| | For process philosophy, nothing is eternal and secure from the changes wrought by time and its iron law that everything that comes into being must perish, so that mortality is omnipresent and death's cold hand is upon all of nature -- laws as well as things. | | | If we processify the human person, then we can more readily conceive of the divine person as the focal source of a creative intelligence that engenders and sustains the world and endows it with law, beauty (harmony and order), value and meaning. | | | However, the paradigm substance philosophy of classical antiquity was the atomism of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus, which pictured all of nature as composed of unchanging and inert material atoms whose only commerce with process was an alteration of their positioning in space and time. |
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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/process-philosophy
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| | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
| | Philosophy is excellent preparation for careers in law, public service, government agencies, writing, and literary criticism, as well as for religion oriented jobs. | | | Philosophy is the search for meaning, truth, and knowledge. | | | The major in religious studies offers a broad background in religion and theology. |
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http://www.bsu.edu/students/admissions/article/0,,22272--,00.html
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