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  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/03%3A_The_Existence_of_God_and_the_Problem_of_Evil/3.01%3A_Overview-_Philosophy_of_Religion
    For those who alter their idea of the god to suit themselves and make the deity into something other than the classic idea of the Western religions, well they can avoid some of the problems but their ...For those who alter their idea of the god to suit themselves and make the deity into something other than the classic idea of the Western religions, well they can avoid some of the problems but their god is not the god of Abraham and Moses as reported in the Bible.. They who have their own idea of god and insist that they have a right to do so would also be in violation of the first commandment that the god of the Western religions presented to Moses.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/01%3A_The_Philosophical_Venture/1.04%3A_The_Origins_of_Philosophy_-_The_Greeks_and_Us
    The Blue Pill or the Red Pill question in the story of the Matrix echoes the old story from the Bible of the Western Religious traditions and the choice of the fruit from either the Tree of Knowledge ...The Blue Pill or the Red Pill question in the story of the Matrix echoes the old story from the Bible of the Western Religious traditions and the choice of the fruit from either the Tree of Knowledge or from the Tree of Belief in Everlasting Life in the Garden of Eden.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/04%3A_Metaphysics/4.01%3A_Materialism_and_Idealism
    Thus, different groups of people have different beliefs about reality 1 and thus there being no set of beliefs that are certain to be true and complete knowledge of reality 1 then there is no reality ...Thus, different groups of people have different beliefs about reality 1 and thus there being no set of beliefs that are certain to be true and complete knowledge of reality 1 then there is no reality 1 that humans know and all talking about reality 1 is merely talking about reality 3 and thus there can be and are multiple realities 3 and that is all that humans can do.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/01%3A_The_Philosophical_Venture/1.01%3A_Why_do_Philosophy
    Most people think that it is all well and good and no big deal to read and accept such phrases as "there will be plenty in this study of Philosophy to interest you, entertain your mind, challenge you ...Most people think that it is all well and good and no big deal to read and accept such phrases as "there will be plenty in this study of Philosophy to interest you, entertain your mind, challenge you and frustrate you as well. " Well, in the case of Philosophy and of this work in particular, the reader should be aware and forewarned that the issues raised in this work might just be disturbing to them in a personal manner, if they seriously consider the issues raised in this work, that are chara…
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/05%3A_Epistemology/5.01%3A_Three_Theories_of_Knowledge
    In his account of epistemological theory of knowledge, called transcendental idealism, he claimed that “the mind of the knower makes an active contribution to experience of objects before us”. He mean...In his account of epistemological theory of knowledge, called transcendental idealism, he claimed that “the mind of the knower makes an active contribution to experience of objects before us”. He meant that whatever we already know through our experience makes it easier for us to acquire new means of knowledge.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/02%3A_The_Greeks-_Origins_of_Western_Philosophy
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/01%3A_The_Philosophical_Venture
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/02%3A_The_Greeks-_Origins_of_Western_Philosophy/2.01%3A_Philosophical_Origins_in_Greek_History_Theater_and_Culture
    The tales of Homer and Hesiod contain an amalgamation of tales in which the deities (many female) are woven into the tales of the invading peoples in order to accommodate the belief systems of the ind...The tales of Homer and Hesiod contain an amalgamation of tales in which the deities (many female) are woven into the tales of the invading peoples in order to accommodate the belief systems of the indigenous peoples. Assisting in the seeing of the action and the emotion of those on stage were large masks held before the faces of the actors; one mask with a smile representing joy the other with a frown for sorrow.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/03%3A_The_Existence_of_God_and_the_Problem_of_Evil/3.03%3A_Arguments_for_the_Existence_of_God_from_Experience_and_Pragmatism
    The mystical experience is a particular variety of religious experience in which the subject is transformed and reports the loss of individuality, the oneness of all reality, union with the deity, the...The mystical experience is a particular variety of religious experience in which the subject is transformed and reports the loss of individuality, the oneness of all reality, union with the deity, the unity of the subject of the experience with the object of the experience.
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/05%3A_Epistemology
  • https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Philosophy/04%3A_Metaphysics/4.02%3A_Substance_Dualism_and_Existentialism
    Plato thought that the only way to explain how people come to know things is that they are remembering the knowledge implanted in their souls when the souls were in the realm of pure thought and etern...Plato thought that the only way to explain how people come to know things is that they are remembering the knowledge implanted in their souls when the souls were in the realm of pure thought and eternal forms before entering into the body after which they forgot as they became confused by physical emotions and feelings and limited experiences through the senses.

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