In this paper, we give a comprehensive summary of the discussion on the Epicurean critique of mathematics and in particular of Euclid’s geometry. We examine the methodological critique of the Epicureans on mathematics and we assess whether a “mathematical atomism” was proposed, and its implications. Finally, we examine the Epicurean philosophical stance on mathematics and evaluate whether it wa...

Since the publication of Anscombe’s famous paper “Modern Moral Philosophy” (1958), virtue ethics has become a matter of discussion among scholars. At least four charges have been raised against virtue ethics, one of which is the charge of promoting undue enthusiasm regarding the moral fitness of human beings. This article explores the limits of virtue ethics with regard to the frailty of human ...

sobhi mansour, in the book al-quran va kafa masdara li al-tashri' al-islami, tries to introduce the quran as the single source of islamic legislationaccording to quran itself and therefore to prove the lack of authority of traditions.he maintains that according to quranic verses, quran is a complete andcomprehensive book, has declared itself to be sufficient for the guidance, and hasforbid...

the question has always been raised throughout history whether human beings need to follow the prophets or divine revelation to achieve salvation. there will be no need, as some believe, to follow divine teachings once human beings reach intellectual maturity; however, others insist on the permanent need for guidance from god due to inadequacy of human reason. in the third or fourth century ah,...

I begin by sketching the Epicurean position on death that it cannot be bad for the one who dies because she no longer exists which has struck many people as specious. However, alternative views must specify who is wronged by death (the dead person?), what is the harm (suffering?), and when does the harm take place (before death, when you’re not dead yet, or after death, when you’re not around a...

Anniversary of the founding of Resources for the Future. This paper would not have been possible without my collaboration with Kenneth Chay on a series of papers on the health impacts of airborne particulates pollution. This paper discusses some of the results from our papers, but even more importantly our collaboration has sharpened my thinking about empirical work and has directly influenced ...

main purpose in this research is the explanation of different views of muslim philosophers on the p.f.c to establish an imperative religion education. reaching to this purpose we use the content analysis and logical deduction among the research methods. on the basis of the research findings, we can find two different approaches in the religious-intellectual education: popular and specialized. t...

This paper will examine the misunderstanding between British and Japanese governments in interpretation of letter apology (according to government)/ congratulation government) sent by then Prime Minister just before 50th anniversary VJ Day Britain. It first investigate what speech act 'apology' entails these two different discourse communities explore how this was differently interpreted on spe...

while it is a well-known fact that geopolitics is a subject of boardroom discussions that has been derived from the debth of political science, there are those who consider it to be an academic discipline, independent of both political geography and political science. yet, an etymological review of the case proves that political geography must have gained prominance as a specialist field of aca...