Hume

Hume

Definition: Scottish philosopher. He rejected the possibility of certainty in knowledge. 

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1. Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. - Quote
2. He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. - Quote

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David Hume

First Principles

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     David Hume was a Scottish philosopher. He is one of the few who rejected the possibility of certainty in knowledge. He is also well known for being a great economist. He strove to create the naturalistic science of man. He wanted to examine the psychological basis of human nature. 

Sartre

Sartre

Definition: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.

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1. Everything has been figured out, except how to live. - Quote
2. When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. - Quote

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Sartre & Peanuts

Jean Paul Sartre

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     Sartre was born in France. He was a existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist and a screenwriter. He is best known for his influence in existentialist, which is what defines him. He is also a very well known and influential author in the 20th century French-philosophy. He is also well known for his influential ideas with feminist of his time. 

Maslow

Maslow

Definition: US psychologist. He explained human motivation with a hierarchy of needs.

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1. In 1943 Abraham Maslow, one of the founding fathers of humanist approaches to management, wrote an influential paper that set out five fundamental human needs needs and their hierarchical nature.
2. A key aspect of the model is the hierarchical nature of the needs.

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Maslow's Heirarchy

Maslow

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     Maslow was a psychologist. He is known for his explanations of the hierarchy of needs. He is known for creating the pyramid known as Maslow's hierarchy of needs. He is also one of the founding fathers of the humanist approaches that are well known today. 

Goethe

Goethe

Definition:   German writer, artist and politician.

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1. Goethe's body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles.
2. Goethe's had many different styles throughout his works. 

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Information

Britannica

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    Goethe was a famous writer and author who had many different works. He is also a German artist. He has many types of work, from literature to paintings. Another interesting thing about Goethe was that he conducted plays. 

Beckett

Beckett

Definition: Irish-born writer whose novels include Murphy (1938) and Malone Dies (1951). Beckett is known to a wider audience for his absurdist plays, such as Waiting for Godot (1952) and Krapp's Last Tape (1959). He won the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature.

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1. Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century.
2. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature.

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Definition

Resources

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     Samuel Beckett was an Irish-born native. He was a writer who wrote many great novels. Some of the novels include Murphy and Malone Dies. He is also the author for absurdist plays. Some of the plays include Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape. He is also the winner of a Nobel Prize. 

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

Definition: Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen.

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1. This is Blaise Pascal, the mathematician who propounded the unforgettable wager about whether God existed.
2. I find a lot to agree with or relate to in Blaise Pascal's outlook on life.
3. In 1648 French scientist Blaise Pascal conducted an experiment to provide proof the air pressure on a mountain is lower than the air.

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Catholic Education

Blaise Pascal

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     Blaise Pascal was a mathematician, physicist, inventor, and writer. He was a famous christian philospher that made many discoveries throughout his life. He was a child prodigy who has been well known all throughout his life. He was educated by his father, who was a tax collector in Rouen. 

Whitehead's Metaphysics

Whitehead's Metaphysics

Definition: Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined.

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1. It can be said that Whitehead's Metaphysics is one of the themes in Grendel.
2. Whitehead's metaphysics categorizes life into phases.

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School of Metaphysics

Metaphysics Research Lab

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     Alfred Whitehead is the creator a philosophy called metaphysics. The reason why he created this was because he wanted to answer general questions. Some of the questions were what were the first causes of things, why are we here, and how did things start? He emphasized on categorizing life into phases, and studying free will. This was the idea that made him study fate to determine whether or not certain aspects exist.