Philosophers have become accustomed to being queried as the value of their discipline. Hume, too, grappled with these questions. In a collection four essays, entitled “The Epicurean,” Stoic,” Platonist,” and Sceptic,” Hume discusses nature happiness. Sceptic” closes by downplaying philosophy, in particular its ability meaningfully contribute human Which characters, if any, speaks for Hume? this...

Jules-Auguste Soury (1842-1915), a Parisian theorist and historian of science, was the author of 'The Central Nervous System', one of the most comprehensive and original accounts, until 1900, of the history of brain research. A contemporary of Jules Déjerine (1849-1917), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), and other pioneers of neurology, with whom he maintained contact, Soury is a rare case of...

william lane craig, american recent philosopher has tried with appealing to cantor’s latest ideas and also theory of “big bang” in physics; present a new explanation of cosmological argument. his explanation which is called “kalam- cosmological argument” is going to describe moslem philosopher’s argument in this aspect, like kendi and ghazali. he makes efforts to refuse the doctrine of eternali...

JOHN Z. BOWERS and ELIZABETH F. PURCELL (editors), Advances in American medicine: essays at the Bicentennial, 2 vols., New York, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1976, 8vo, pp. viii, 918, illus., $25.00. For these excellent commemoratory volumes the editors have gathered together nineteen solicited essays by distinguished medical men, all but two being American. Each is a comprehensive survey of th...

The analysis of religious and philosophical syncretism in Kabir's work is a subject great interest among researchers today. Kabir, an Indian philosopher poet, displayed his devotion (bhakti) by seeking the invisible absolute truth calling for recognition formless impersonal God, Absolute Truth. His poetic legacy emphasizes path bhakti importance approaching God with pure heart. In our research,...

the question has always been raised throughout history whether human beings need to follow the prophets or divine revelation to achieve salvation. there will be no need, as some believe, to follow divine teachings once human beings reach intellectual maturity; however, others insist on the permanent need for guidance from god due to inadequacy of human reason. in the third or fourth century ah,...

plato in theory of philosopher-king believes that all of the members of ideal city-state, whether ruler or citizens, will attain happiness if the philosopher is the ruler. but there are paradoxes in the theory and the bases of the happiness are unstable too. in other words, plato in his theory presents hierarchical dualities (intelligible/visible world, episteme/ doxa,true/ untrue or shadow, …)...