Morris Weitz was a twentieth-century American thinker who gained a substantial philosophical education and taught it at several universities. Weitz’s primary focus was on interpretation, literary criticism, and ontology. Still, he is well-known and highly respected precisely for his 1956 article titled “The Role of Theory in Aesthetics” and later...
St. Thomas Aquinas, the well-known Italian philosopher and theologian, revalued Aristotle’s opinions and principles regarding the human soul’s immortality. The latter believed in an eternal soul that perishes after the cease of the body. On the contrary, Aquinas sees a soul as an immortal spiritual being connected to the body...
Weber’s legitimate domination seeks to explain the tripartite classification of authority that was developed by Max Weber. The theory explains authority as a legitimate form of domination in which the followers and people under authority consider the individuals in power as legitimate (Netelenbos, 2020). The theory further states that the...
George Simmel, was born in 1858 being the youngest in a family of seven children. His father was a successful Jewish businessman who later became a roman catholic. The mother was also a Jewish and a Lutheran hence influencing his son into her faith. George was later baptized but then...
Friedrich Nietzsche has made significant and often unorthodox contributions to many fields of Western philosophy, including that of ethics. One of his areas of interest was the development of human perceptions of morality, especially the concepts of good and evil, throughout history. Nietzsche’s background as a philologist prompted him to...
Khaldun’s claim is persuasive: the arguments he provides make an impression that nomadic lifestyle and consequent constraints prevent a person from partaking in immorality. The philosopher associates opulence with evil and simplicity with goodness, which corroborates his claim. This contrast is not unique to Khaldun since sumptuousness and its expressions...
I was most interested in Gandhi’s philosophy, which explains controversial topics and some contradiction points. Gandhi examines the theory of non-violence about India’s struggle for independence from the British rulers. It is worth noting that political connection is not the primary focus of thinking and view of non-violence. The philosopher...
Aristotle is one of the most brilliant philosophers of all time, and it is impossible to overestimate his contribution to literature. Like Plato, Aristotle admitted that art had an imitative role, but its other aim was to teach people and make them better than they were initially. One of his...
Nietzsche accuses philosophers of not being competent in his work because they lack a clear sense through supporting rigid premises. Therefore, when taking into consideration the issue associated with moral values. This is because philosophers are constantly accused of supporting a metaphysical system, especially when debating issues revolving around faith....
Introduction The Myth of the Cave explains Plato’s idealistic concept about the structure and meaning of human life. This myth is described in Plato’s The Republic as a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon, Plato’s brother (Plato, 1964). Initially, in the text itself, Plato views philosophers as those able to see...