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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work
Plato - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy But in many of Plato’s writings, it is asserted or assumed that true philosophers—those who recognize how important it is to distinguish the one (the one thing that goodness is, or virtue is, or courage is) from the many (the many things that are called good or virtuous or courageous )—are in a position to become ethically superior to
The Meaning of Life - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Most analytic philosophers writing on meaning in life have been trying to develop and evaluate theories, i e , fundamental and general principles, that are meant to capture all the particular ways that a life could obtain meaning
Table of Contents - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy D [jump to top] Dai Zhen (Frank Y C Chong and Chris Fraser) ; Damian, Peter (Toivo J Holopainen) ; dance, philosophy of (Aili Bresnahan) ; Dante Alighieri (Winthrop Wetherbee and Jason Aleksander) ; Daoism (Chad Hansen) Laozi — see Laozi; Neo-Daoism — see Neo-Daoism; religious (Fabrizio Pregadio) ; Zhuang Zi — see Zhuangzi; Darwin, Charles from the Origin of Species to the Descent
Enlightenment - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Enlightenment philosophers from across the geographical and temporal spectrum tend to have a great deal of confidence in humanity’s intellectual powers, both to achieve systematic knowledge of nature and to serve as an authoritative guide in practical life
Time - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy It is often said that philosophers should defer to physics with respect to what the latter says about time But the interaction between the A-theory and special relativity illustrates one way in which that claim is more complicated than it first appears
Stoicism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Stoicism was one of the dominant philosophical systems of the Hellenistic period The name derives from the porch (stoa poikilê) in the Agora at Athens decorated with mural paintings, where the first generation of Stoic philosophers congregated and lectured The school of thought founded there long outlived the physical Athenian porch and
Presocratic Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy This article is a general introduction to the most important Presocratic philosophers and the main themes of Presocratic thought More detailed discussions can be found by consulting the articles on these philosophers (and related topics) in the SEP (listed below)
Happiness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Philosophers have most commonly distinguished two accounts of happiness: hedonism, and the life satisfaction theory Hedonists identify happiness with the individual’s balance of pleasant over unpleasant experience, in the same way that welfare hedonists do