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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"ancient philosophers"”.
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HUMAN FLOURISHING: VALUES AND VIRTUES
… to understand what human flourishing is, while ancient philosophers have all pointed to virtues as a vital component, today, they have been notably left out of the conversation. The purpose of this study is to explore the possible ways the virtues of Justice, Humanity and Transcendence could be …
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Hospitality in Communication: Applying the Rule of Saint Benedict to the Home
… and religiously, it has roots among ancient philosophers and in the Bible. Before the modern technologies and development of the tourism industry, hospitality was found in churches and monasteries. The reciprocal relationship between the host and the stranger give metaphorical …
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Footnotes to Footnotes: Whitehead's Plato
… those interpretations (or those of other ancient philosophers) to modern science. Interpreting modern science through a Platonic lens may be at once helpful and illustrative, and problematic and unfavorable. More generally, presenting a novel system of thought as “Platonic” involves one in …
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Plato's Principles of Causation
… I show that Plato was by no means alone among ancient philosophers in assuming that the same cause cannot produce opposite effects, that opposite causes cannot produce the same effect, and that an opposite cannot cause an opposite. We can trace these assumptions back before Plato to Presocratic …
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American Public Administration: A Foundation for Praxis and Praxiology
American Public Administration (PA) theory and practices have lacked adequately articulated or formalized normative foundations since the formal founding of the American State. Discussions regarding how PA theory derives from individual and collective critical reflection on practices (praxiology) …