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Life After Death David Hume
613 wordsThe Afterlife is an area of human consciousness we all enter upon leaving the physical world at physical death. Throughout history we " ve questioned if there is a life after death. Along the way, our religions and various philosophers offered beliefs and opinions to answer this commonly asked question. However, many of the answers contradict each other making it hard to figure out. "Belief in life after death is a source of personal security, optimism, and spiritual betterment" (1 John 3: 2). N...
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18 Th Century Matter Of Time
1,093 wordsThe Scottish Enlightenment The period of dominance of humanistic value in Scottish intellectual realm of 18 th century is commonly referred to as Scottish Enlightenment. It lasted from 1740 to 1790, although some historians suggest that the year 1800 marks the end of it. It has to be remembered that Scotland remained culturally isolated from England right until 1707, when it was incorporated in British Empire. Throughout its existence, as a separate state, Scotland maintained a strong cultural a...
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Source Of Knowledge Point Of View
2,442 wordsEpistemology: Testimonial Knowledge. Absolutely everybody wants to know more than he knows. In order to do this he tries to obtain new knowledge from the sources or other people who really have it. Why is it so, why knowledge is so important for us? Lets imagine that we are present in the court where a case is considering. Mrs. Black says that Mr. White stole the money in her flat. The lawyer asks her if she is sure about it and she answered: I know that he stole the money, I saw him take the mo...
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World War Ii Problem Of Evil
1,682 words... Also, if God lives within our linear time, he cannot know what we will do in the future. The future cannot depend on the past. For example, it is a fact that the Titanic sank before World War II. World War II happening depends on the Titanic sinking. However, it does not make sense to say that World War II is a cause of the Titanic sinking. The argument does not make sense and hence, God could not have divine foreknowledge while existing in linear time as humans do because foreseeing the fut...
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