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21Whewell’s philosophy of science and ethics — Struan Jacobs ON SCIENCE Introduction Among the most prodigious of English minds of the nineteenth century, William Whewell (1794–1866) was at various times, and among other things, philosopher, intellectual historian, scientist, educationist,… …
22Immanuel Kant — Kant redirects here. For other uses, see Kant (disambiguation). See also: Kant (surname) Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant Full name Immanuel Kant Born 22 April 1724 …
23Hedonism — is the philosophy that pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit. The name derives from the Greek word for delight (polytonic|ἡδονισμός hēdonismos from polytonic|ἡδονή hēdonē pleasure , a cognate of English sweet + suffix… …
24Egoism — • Synopsis of this ethical system, and short refutation Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egoism Egoism † …
25Thomism — St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 1274), the eponym of Thomism. Picture by Fra Angelico (c. 1395 1455) …
26Cyrenaics — Aristippus of Cyrene The Cyrenaics were an ultra hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BC, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to have been formalized by his… …
27Hellenistic philosophy — is the period of Western philosophy that was developed in the Hellenistic civilization following Aristotle and ending with Neoplatonism.Hellenistic schools of thoughtPlatonismPlatonism is the name given to the philosophy of Plato, which was… …
28Antisthenes — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image size = 200px image caption = Portrait bust of Antisthenes name = Antisthenes birth = c. 445 BCE, Athens death = c. 365 BCE, Athens school tradition =… …
29energism — ˈenə(r)ˌjizəm noun ( s) Etymology: German energismus, from energie energy (from Late Latin energia) + ismus ism 1. : a doctrine that certain phenomena (as mental states) are expl …
30ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
