Entries from May 2011

An Inquisition into Beauty & Art through Plato

Ask anyone, and they will admit to the importance and power that art has on the world. Indeed, art can be admired for art’s sake, however the admiration of art goes much deeper. William Faulkner described what his work—his art—meant to him in his Nobel Peace Prize banquet speech, “I feel that this award was [...]

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May 13th, 2011

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Leibniz and the Problem of Evil

The problem of evil has perplexed even the most prominent of philosophers for centuries. How is it that a being that is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good could allow evil to exist? Some contend that God cannot exist merely for this obvious contradiction between evil and an omnibenevolent being. Furthermore, the very existence of evil leads [...]

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May 13th, 2011

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