> "The history of Western philosophy is often divided into three
> periods: Ancient philosophy, Medieval philosophy, and Modern
> philosophy."
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_philosophy
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_philosophy
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> "Modern Philosophy traditionally begins with Rene Descartes and his
> dictum "I think, therefore I am." In the early seventeenth century the
> bulk of philosophy was dominated by Scholasticism: written by
> theologians and drawing upon Plato, Aristotle, and early Church
> writings. Descartes argued that many predominant Scholastic
> metaphysical doctrines were meaningless or false. In short, he
> proposed to begin philosophy from scratch. In his most important work,
> Meditations on First Philosophy, he attempts just this, over six brief ...

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>> "The history of Western philosophy is often divided into three
>> periods: Ancient philosophy, Medieval philosophy, and Modern
>> philosophy."

>

>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_philosophy

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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy

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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_philosophy

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>> "Modern Philosophy traditionally begins with Rene Descartes and his ...

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>> "The history of Western philosophy is often divided into three
>> periods: Ancient philosophy, Medieval philosophy, and Modern
>> philosophy."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_philosophy
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_philosophy
>>
>> "Modern Philosophy traditionally begins with Rene Descartes and his
>> dictum "I think, therefore I am." In the early seventeenth century the
>> bulk of philosophy was dominated by Scholasticism: written by
>> theologians and drawing upon Plato, Aristotle, and early Church
>> writings. Descartes argued that many predominant Scholastic ...

> Descartes demonstrated the limitation of the thinking process. "I think
> therefore I must speculate" illustrates this point.
>
> The journey of the awakening consciousness has been described as having...

> "The history of Western philosophy is often divided into three
> periods: Ancient philosophy, Medieval philosophy, and Modern
> philosophy."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_philosophy
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_philosophy
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_philosophy
>
> "Modern Philosophy traditionally begins with Rene Descartes and his
> dictum "I think, therefore I am." In the early seventeenth century the
> bulk of philosophy was dominated by Scholasticism: written by
> theologians and drawing upon Plato, Aristotle, and early Church
> writings. Descartes argued that many predominant Scholastic
> metaphysical doctrines were meaningless or false. In short, he
> proposed to begin philosophy from scratch. In his most important work,
> Meditations on First Philosophy, he attempts just this, over six brief ...

> It would depend how far and wide you are prepared to look - discover - travel
> and journey.
> You may find YOU are ready for the inner journey - but maybe you are more
> mature - you think more - you question more. Many are quite satisfied with
> answers gleaned from only the outer journey - from only religion - or from a
> few beers at the pub and much sex.
>
> Have you ever considered transcending the human experience?
> All you speak and teach and say is to do with the human experience as you
> have no Masters who can teach you otherwise.
> How can humans learn more about things when all they have for their masters
> are other humans?
> Well you had Jesus - and several Gods who walked and talked among you. And
> yet they seemed to give no great teachings of what men really wish to know.
> The deep thoughts and philosophy and answers to all questions.
> If there was or ever had been one great teacher - one great God - one great
> Master - then all the world would willingly follow in harmony and peace and
> bliss.
> And yet all humans have is a motley collection of Gods and stories and ...

> Modern Philosophy

>i meant to quote:
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> "The major figures in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and
> metaphysics during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are
> roughly divided into two main groups. The "Rationalists," mostly in
> France and Germany, assumed that all knowledge must begin from certain
> "innate ideas" in the mind. Major Rationalists were Descartes,
> Spinoza, Leibniz, and Nicolas Malebranche. The "Empiricists," by
> contrast, held that knowledge must begin with sensory experience.
> Major figures in this line of thought are Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
> (These are retrospective categories, for which Kant is largely
> responsible; but they are not too inaccurate).
>
> Ethics and political philosophy are usually not subsumed under these
> categories, though all these philosophers worked in ethics. In their
> own distinctive styles. Other important figures here are Hobbes and
> Rousseau.
> ...