CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The problem of good and evil in the world of ours has become questionable. Good and evil without doubt have constituted lots of discomfort, havoc and other problems in human life. Consequently, so many... Continue Reading
THE EGO AND THE ID IN SIGMUND FREUD: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION In the anal of history, quest for meaning as a quest for knowledge has remained an existential fact in every human endeavour. Hence, it propelled man’s meaning-attaching trait which satisfies his concept of existence. Philosophy as it were has... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF HEGEL’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. 1.1.1 . HISTORICAL SURVEY Every individual is a child of his time. It is not easy for one to escape the influence of his epoch or contemporary world. Hegel himself is not innocent of this. His historical judgments and... Continue Reading
THE IMPLICATION OF DAVID HUME’S PHILOSOPHY OF IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Are we not often at times shocked by the discovery that what we thought was certain is later proved dubious and false? If this be a regular occurrence, is it not the case that we may become suspicious of all claims to certainty? But then,... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE THE BACKGROUND TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF DETRIBALISM 1.1 Tribalism And Nigerian Political Development Ever since the marriage between the Northern and Southern Nigeria became a reality, Nigerians have made several attempts to... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Today in Nigeria, leadership in all facets of our life - government, industry, education, church and what have you - has come to be the hub of the country’s problem. Chinua Achebe summarized... Continue Reading
JUST STATE IN PLATO (A CRITICAL EXPOSITION) CHAPTER ONE BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY. 1.1 S tatement of the Problem The inability of man to satisfy his limitless needs arising from his self-insufficiency drives him to seek the service of others in the society. Hence, the origin of the state is traceable to the fact that man naturally is a social... Continue Reading
A CRITIQUE ON PIAGETIAN THEORIES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE……………………………………………………………...i CERTIFICATION………………………………………………..ii DEDICATION ………………………………………….………..iii... Continue Reading
THE DOCTRINE OF FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY IN JEAN PAUL SARTRE - THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES IN AN AUTHENTIC EXISTE CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION This thesis has to do with the problem of freedom in man’s realization of authentic existence in the existentialist philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre. Looking at this topic,... Continue Reading
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF PRIESTHOOD IN IGBO TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The term Priesthood is one of the oldest institutions of mankind all over the world. The reason is certainly associated with the religious propensities of man. Man is however religious by nature,... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE KANT’S MORAL PRINCIPLES Kant in virtue of his education has a vivid appreciation of the unparallel excellence of moral value. In his ethical theory, Kant sets out to discover and justify the supreme principle of morality and the foundation on which the whole... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1:0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1:0:1 INTRODUCTION Man, by nature, is a social animal said Plato. But every “society is made up of unique individuals who fail or succeed, are powerful or weak, not as a consequence of stratification but because of their... Continue Reading
THE FATE OF MAN IN A SCIENTIST-TECHNOLOGICAL ERA. (A PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION OF THE IDEAS OF ALEXANDER DENIS.) CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Science In The Seventies If a reasonable analysis is made of the whole periods in the history of science, the fact that science brought much innovation to mankind cannot be denied. Throughout the... Continue Reading
A CRITIQUE ON FREUDIAN PSYCHO SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE CHILD CHAPTER ONE PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND 1.1 INTRODUCTION In the annals of history, sex has remained a mystery to both man and the society at large. Its importance in human life is so evident, yet no single human being has been able to give a conclusive explanation of what sex is. No... Continue Reading
HOW TO BE HAPPY: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ARISTOTLE’S “GOLDEN MEAN” CHAPTER ONE 1.0 ARISTOTLE For the purpose of this long essay, it would be a big jump not to begin with a clear knowledge of the philosopher we are examining his philosophy. Consequently, it is pertinent first and foremost to look at the life of Aristotle, the... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 MODES OF BEING IN JEAN PAUL SARTRE 1.1 MEANING OF BEING. Being in all its fullness, and as the ground of all beings remains a great mystery. All the philosophical epochs have tried in diverse ways without success, to expound a wholesome review of this question. According... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION The sense of wonder is the mark of the philosophers. Thus, according to Aristotle, “all men by nature desire to know”1. On the same note, philosophically and otherwise, man has to give meaning to the mysteries befogging his... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Man establishes the state in order to meet his needs. In other words, the individuals are prior to the state, and the state cannot exit outside the individuals. Hence, the... Continue Reading
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF J.J ROUSSEAU's CONCEPT OF EDUCATION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study All that we lack at birth and need when grown up is given, to us by education. This education comes to us from nature, from men or from things. The internal development of our... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT J.S Mbiti contended that Africans perceive time composition of events which must be lived through. He contended further, that one can from such ontology, arrive at the understanding of African philosophical concepts. This essay attempted a critical examination of... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Soren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of contemporary existentialism. Existentialism, according to J. I. Omoregbe (39) deals “with concrete existence as opposed to essence.” This means, for the existentialists, existence precedes essence. Kierkegaard, described by Wittgenstein... Continue Reading