what are the basic differences between the philosophies of epicureanism and stoicism?
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Remember, the Stoics value virtue above all else, to the point that they believed that virtue was all one needed to be happy and all else should be viewed with equanimity. In other words, virtue gives meaning to life. Epicureans view virtue much more practically.
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Taoism is a religion and philosophical tradition that originated in China around 550 B.C. and is based on the philosophical ideas of Lao Tzu. ... Buddhism, on the other hand, is a religion from ancient India, dating back to the sixth century B.C. and has its foundation on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama.
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Wisdom and prudence are the two virtues of the intellect. Wisdom implies intuitive reason, which grasps undemonstrable first principles; it is concerned with the interests not of the moment, the individual, or the locality. Whereas prudence is concerned precisely with these; it is essentially practical.
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"like Plato, Aristotle takes a thing's form, essence, or nature to determine the good for it." ... The idea is that something's essence includes only its central defining elements (e.g. a triangle's three sides), whereas its nature also includes all the consequences of its essence (e.g. A = ½bh).
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Confucianism focuses on societal rules and moral values, whereas Taoism advocates simplicity and living happily while in tune with nature. On the other hand, Buddhism reiterates the ideas of suffering, impermanence of material items, and reincarnation while stressing the idea of reaching salvation beyond.
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"I would say that the main difference is that the Catholic Bible includes more wisdom books," Collins said. "And wisdom is associated with natural theology, and that has been one of the major theological differences between Protestants and Catholics. Protestants generally reject natural theology."
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These theories are more dissimilar than similar and for brevity's sake I will only deal with three main differences. First, Structuralists dig much deeper in the literary work than Formalists do. While Formalists look at irony within a work, Structuralists dig deeper to look at less abstract ideas like plot structures.
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Explain and differentiate three main areas of philosophy: ethics, epistemology and metaphysics. 2. Explain the difference between knowledge and beliefs about the physical world (the realm of science) and knowledge and beliefs about moral issues and metaphysical things such as God, Heaven and Hell, and souls. 3.
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Philosophy. Epicureanism argued that pleasure was the chief good in life. Hence, Epicurus advocated living in such a way as to derive the greatest amount of pleasure possible during one's lifetime, yet doing so moderately in order to avoid the suffering incurred by overindulgence in such pleasure.
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The main difference is in the way they work and treat knowledge. 2. Science is concerned with natural phenomena, while philosophy attempts to understand the nature of man, existence, and the relationship that exists between the two concepts.
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It is a lot easier to identify the differences between the two contrasting theories as their core principles contradict. Firstly, the psychoanalytic theory states that human nature is viewed in a very negative and pessimistic manner whilst the humanistic approach is more optimistic about human nature.
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The biggest difference that I'm aware of is that the Classical Greek religion was much more the religion of myths that we all know, while the Classical Roman religion had fewer personifications and its gods were much more like numinous forces than like people.
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Terms in this set (9) Aristippus taught that pleasure is not always good. What was the main difference between Aristippus and Epicurus when it comes to pleasure? Epicurus ranked pleasures and encouraged his followers to pursue the finest pleasures.
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What was the primary difference between the philosophy of the Greek classical period and philosophy during the Hellenistic period? Hellenistic philosophy dealt more with human happiness disassociated from the life of the polis. Hellenistic philosophy was more political than classical philosophy.
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What is the difference Humanism and Behaviorism? Behaviorism is the school of thought that focuses on the external behavior of individuals whereas humanism focuses on the individual as a whole. Humanism, on the other hand, is rather subjective and does not have a very scientific basis as behaviorism.
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Knowledge is acquired truth, a precursor of wisdom. Wisdom is the capacity to effectively solve or circumvent problems by means of applying understanding in a beneficial way. Philosophy is the love and pursuit of wisdom, unlike acumenology, which masquerades as “philosophy” in academic studies.
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Philosophy is theoretical from beginning to end, whereas art is sensuous and imaginal. Philosophical thought reflects its subject-matter in concepts, in categories; art is characterised, on the other hand, by emotional and imaginal reflection and by transformation of reality.