Sentence examples for point philosophy from inspiring English sources

Major Peter Kilner, a former West Point philosophy instructor who went to Iraq last year as part of a team writing the official history of the war, believes that most infantrymen there have "looked down the barrel and shot at people, and many have killed".

Causality also marks a turning point: philosophy books one may call "classics" were now coming out of Latin America and finding a place in mainstream reading lists in the English-speaking world and Europe.

He devised the Future Aces Creed, a 12-point philosophy that empowers youths to become responsible, caring citizens.

Raymond Tallis makes a few points about points at Philosophy Now.

If I were ever to write like this I would have to know where it originated, be conversant with its starting point, the philosophy it expressed.

The answer always comes back: 'The point of philosophy is to ask questions, not to give answers.' I can't help but think 'No.

The scholar Julia Annas has written that the Forms do not bring certainty but clarity as to the point of philosophy: "If Forms are seeing what is good, rather than reasoning which any smart person might do but still be bad, then belief in the Forms does not bring certainty but one sees the right point of philosophy".

The fact that you might give one set of answers rather than another to standard philosophical questions will say nothing about how you will behave when something other than a point of philosophy is in dispute.

It's interesting that Montaigne began his work by reminding us that the point of philosophy was to teach us how to die, but would later edge towards the notion and quality of living instead.

Perhaps not to exam level – indeed, part of the point of philosophy is that it makes exams somewhat redundant – but it should be taught to children each day, from an early age.

This vehemence is particularly odd, given that Mr Posner's main point about philosophy is that it does not matter in the least".Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy" is intended to be a more positive effort a statement of his own beliefs.