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A Civil Rebuttal - Term Papers

A Civil Rebuttal

Philosophy -- a:pursuit of wisdom. b:a search for a general
understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than
observational means.
Through this most specific definition given to us respectively by Sir
Webster's dictionary, I choose in my best interest to refrain to you just what
the meaning of philosophy is. I implore you to try and comprehend this matter
in what exactly this word brought abrupt to us is about. The word philosophy
has two definitive definitions. The first simply means to pursue, or strive for,
wisdom. I beg to differ in the understanding of the fault I make in trying to
gain this unprecedented ‘knowledge.' The knowledge that we as a unity try ...

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but are we not all philosophers ourselves? As a baker's
vocation is to bake, a philosopher's vocation is to think. Is it not that we
all think? I was deeply saddened at your comments in the oppression and
restriction to what I may or may not strive to think. As a pacifist and non-
sadist, I call what you believe in as ‘ingraining or indoctrination', whereas
our own society may call it ‘brainwashing'. Our human nature gives us freedom,
as does the Constitution. It guarantees us the right to “life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness”. Within the refines of this home, I find it a task to see
those liberties granted. Here is a few of the world's greatest oppressors: Jim
Jones, Adolph Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, David Koresh, and Anton
Szandor LaVey. I know, as well as you, that these notorious six are among the
world's most hated. However here are a few oppressors from another standpoint:
Sigmund Freud, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus Christ, ...

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Added: 5/30/2007 05:19:10 AM
Category: Social Issues
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