Unfolding

Summary:             Gabriel Marcel is a known French existentialist. His co-Frenchman, Jean-Paul Sartre, distinguished existentialism into two which were coined as  atheistic  and  theistic  (Christian) wherein Sartre did mention Marcel as part of the latter in lecture on Existentialism a Humanism . Marcel is a Christian existentialist because he included the divine even amidst the infamous perception of existentialism as godless. Moreover, he is also known for his non-systematic philosophy where he pointed out that the philosophical discipline starts from where one is (referring to the particularity of the situation); therefore, it is not from metaphysical assumptions or already laid down theories.             Marcel’s thoughts talk about the importance and the necessity of reflection wherein he divides it into two as a) primary reflectio...

Summary:             God is that one topic that never seems to settle down because as Kant would say that He belongs to metaphysics and such discipline is a “battlefield of endless controversies”. Like any other ideas or concepts in the whole length of the history of philosophy, this is also subject to innovations. The idea of being evolves through time but it was left completely stagnant before Heidegger came to question it. Even the idea of “idea” itself has long been a contending issue even during the ancient times (referring to Western civilization) whether it be innate or learned. So, God also shares in this evolution of thought and still remains irreconcilable because Kant was right to condemn metaphysics as vague.             Going back to the early systematic presentations and demonstrations of God, He was considered to be the ultimate cause or that which c...

Introduction: It has long been a debate whether the church should involve itself in matters concerning politics or not and it was quite evident within Philippine history when the Spaniards’ arrival introduced Christianity especially Catholicism. The introduction has left huge marks on past Philippine-Spanish governance. The church and the state had a certain kind of tandem back then and this was criticized by many in the Philippines. One criticism was popularly illustrated by Jose Rizal in his novels by exposing the church’s alter motives when it was serving as shelters in the times of storms; though not all of it was purely evil but the trend in Philippine governance at that time was so reflective of the church’s movement, whether it be of the church’s goodness emanating towards the government or that of the church’s evils also. Whether it be for the better or the worse, the church has a foothold on politics, not only in the Philippines but also from where she sat, in her moth...

 Introduction: For quite a long time, philosophy has contributed a lot to humanity whether it be in any fields such as the sciences, ethics, politics and many more. History made evident philosophy’s participation in world progress and has endured a long time of praises and discrimination just for the search of that goal of man to be able to know and grasp the truth.  Truth, for quite sometime, still remained a mystery because throughout time it has become plural, not objective nor relativistic, that truth is not what it is but is how we conceive it to be. Philosophy is alongside man in his quest for knowledge and ultimately, certitude. Until now, it has not ceased to continue the goal of searching for certitude as how many had tried to reach it in the previous times when it was yet ancient even currently in the rise of modern technology. Philosophy has helped man in his search or maybe the directing of his method in grasping the truth and since the history of western phi...