Le jardin d'Épicure Un jardin près de la ville d'Athènes, owned and used by the philosopher Epicurus and his followers. Il est devenu un symbole de la philosophie épicurienne. Table of Contents Location and Use References and Further Reading 1. Location and Use In 307/306 BCE the Athenian philosopher Epicurus bought a house with a garden just outside Athens along the road from the Dipylon gate to the

Cloning In biology, the activity of cloning creates a copy of some biological entity such as a gene, a cell, or perhaps an entire organism. This article discusses the biological, historique, and moral aspects of cloning mammals. The main area of concentration is the moral dimensions of reproductive cloning, specifically the use of cloning in order to procreate. The article summarizes the different types of

Angélique Arnauld (1591-1661) L'abbesse réformatrice du couvent de Port-Royal, Mère Angélique Arnauld a développé une philosophie augustinienne profondément influencée par le mouvement janséniste. Sa philosophie de Dieu suit la via negativa en mettant l’accent sur l’incompréhensibilité de Dieu.. Sa théorie de la vertu morale est résolument théocentrique; même des vertus naturelles comme la patience sont présentées comme des émanations de grâce. Les vertus monastiques de pauvreté et d'humilité

Tyler Burge (1946—) Tyler Burge is an American philosopher who has done influential work in several areas of philosophy. These include philosophy of language, logique, philosophy of mind, épistémologie, philosophie des sciences (primarily philosophy of psychology), and history of philosophy (focusing especially on Frege, but also on the classical rationalists—Descartes, Leibniz, et Kant). Burge has also done some work in psychology itself. Burge is best

Leibniz: Métaphysique modale Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) a constitué la fin naturelle de la tradition rationaliste sur le continent européen, qui comprenait Descartes, Spinoza, et Malebranche. Sa philosophie fut l'une des influences majeures de Kant.. Bien que Leibniz ait de nombreux intérêts philosophiques et intellectuels, il était sans doute plus soucieux de concilier la liberté requise pour la responsabilité morale et le déterminisme qui semblait impliquer

Parmenides of Elea (Late 6th cn.—Mid 5th cn. avant notre ère) Parmenides of Elea was a Presocratic Greek philosopher. As the first philosopher to inquire into the nature of existence itself, he is incontrovertibly credited as the “Father of Metaphysics.” As the first to employ deductive, a priori arguments to justify his claims, he competes with Aristotle for the title “Father of Logic.” He is also commonly