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There Exists A Natural Law, Joseph Erhardt Koperski

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis it is maintained, that the natural law is universal, that is to say, that the natural law is promulgated or made known to all men and that no one possessing the use of sober reason can doubt or be invincibly ignorant of the natural law. Thus we speak of its universality by reason of its promulgation. However, this does not signify that all men have the same knowledge of the natural law, nor that all men know all what the natural law prescribes. But it does mean that all men enjoying the use of sane reason can …

The Philosophy Of Herbert Spencer, Joseph B. Coleman

Bachelors’ Theses

It might be well at the beginning of this discussion on the philosophy of Herbert Spencer to give a brief biographical sketch concerning his earlier life.

He was born at Derby, England on the 27th of April, 1820. His father, William George Spencer, was a schoolmaster. The religious convictions of his parent familiarized him with the doctrines of the Methodists and Quakers. He declined an offer from his uncle to go to Cambridge and as a result, was practically self taught.

For a few years he was employed as an engineer and giving this up, he became sub- editor of …

There Is A Natural Law, Anthony Francis Makowski

Bachelors’ Theses

Law in its widest sense is a rule of action; it is some norm regulating how a thing should act. In This sense all existing things act according to some rule or norm. Experience abounds with sufficient proof of this. Scientists moreover attest to the existence of such laws and the object of the natural sciences is to search these laws out. Thus men, eminent in that field, have discovered and formulated such laws as, the laws of inertia, falling bodies, light, levers, etc. In this sense we speak of chemical laws, meaning the constant uniform norm according to which …

Craniotomy And Abortion Are Moral And Social Evils, Alvin Ralph Kutschera

Bachelors’ Theses

An artificial division of arguments has "been essayed in this thesis for two external reasons: physicians and physicians. The physician performing craniotomy adopts the operation as the last resort in a "bad case, when death is imminent whereas the abortionist operates for many and sundry reasons,some good and many bad, base, and criminal. The two types of operators being entirely different, the operations they perform have been kept apart, tho craniotomy and direct abortion are direct attacks upon the life of the fetus, and an argument against one is a lance in the side of the other.

The Neo-Stoicism Of Seneca, Emily E. Ruetz

Bachelors’ Theses

Before endeavoring to formulate certain decisions of the Neo-Stoicism of Seneca it will be most advantageous to discuss fundamental Stoicism. Stoicism was that system of philosophy which gripped the worlds of Greece and Rome for a number of centuries and claimed many eminent men among its followers. The doctrine set forth by the Stoics was essentially a practical one since it laid most stress on a proper mode of life.

A History Of The Origin And The Development Of Blank Verse, Margaret E. Willaert

Bachelors’ Theses

The range of human thoughts and emotions greatly transcends the range of such symbols as man has invented to express them; and it becomes, therefore, the place of art to use these symbols in a double way. They must be used for the direct representation of thought and feeling; but they must also be combined by so subtle an imagination as to suggest much which there is no means of directly expressing. And this can be done: for experience shows that it is possible so to arrange forms, colours, and sounds as to stimulate the Imagination in a new and …

The Subconscious Mind, Stuart Johnston

Bachelors’ Theses

The Subconscious Mind exerts a powerful influence over human activities, mental and physical. This we will endeavor to show in the following study of the most authentic material available, at the present day concerning this little known but vastly important subject.

The Family. The Evolution Of The Family As Illustrated And Explained By Herbert Spencer Is False, Desmond T. Mccarthy

Bachelors’ Theses

The family is the foundation of society and the state. As such it possesses a prominent position in our sphere of things. The family in a philosophical discussion may be observed from many points of view; ethical, sociological, biological, religious and economical. Each of these views may be equally interesting. They are all important and excellent papers could easily be written on any one of them. By research and investigation into these various topics personal information and interest are increased. In what ever view is taken, it is sometimes difficult to remain in one's own field without transgressing to another …

The Power To Appeal To The Emotions, Joseph E. Skwerski

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis, we shall attempt to show, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent interest and consequently literary quality. From the very outset of our discussion, we shall deal entirely with the emotions in general and the elements involved in emotion. After this consideration we shall spend some time upon the literary emotions and their appeal, the sense of beauty, the power to appeal to the emotions as exhibited in the works of Poe and Pope, and gradually arise to the proof, that the power to appeal to the emotions gives a book permanent …

The Existence Of The Natural Law Among Primitive People, Ernest Frederick Kremer

Bachelors’ Theses

As men we are concerned with everything that concerns man. Having to some degree satisfied our instincts on that score we commence to wonder how long it has concerned man. With this thought in mind we wonder if Primitive man was bound by any law. We say that there existed among primitive people a natural law. In the following pages we will attempt to prove that statement.

The Human Will Is Free, Richard V. Carpenter

Bachelors’ Theses

The freedom of the will is one of the most important questions in philosophy. So much has been written on the subject that it hardly seems worth while to treat it in a thesis in which nothing can be said which has not already been said a number of times. The two opposing parties in the controversy have completed their respective cases; they have fully entrenched themselves behind volumes and volumes of weighty libraries and are now but waiting new recruits. As a matter of fact, though both sides of the debate seem to have exhausted their arguments, though they …

The Relation Of Psychology To Medicine: A Philosophical Thesis, Stephen A. Knaisel

Bachelors’ Theses

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The Human Soul Is Simple, Spiritual, Immortal, Robert S. Mccarthy

Bachelors’ Theses

Much of our thinking today is regulated by propaganda. Propaganda is not confined to patriotic bureaus of any one nation, or to the espionage department of the army and navy of any one government; neither is propaganda limited to national affairs, nor to the field of politics. Propaganda of a certain type has found its way even into the sacred sanctum of philosophy. Think of how many philosophical theories we have today, which in final analysis are intended to serve the purpose of a well-directed campaign of proselytising "right thinking". Theories arising from predjudiced minds are spread broadcast, whose mission …