By era
Medieval
5 entries
Advaita Vedanta
Only Brahman is ultimately real; the world of difference is appearance, and your innermost self is not separate from the absolute but identical with it.
12 min
ConceptArguments for the Existence of God
The three great proofs of natural theology: that the world needs a first cause, that God is a being whose very concept entails existence, and that design implies a designer.
10 min
IdeologyFeudalism
The medieval European order in which land was held in return for service, binding lords, vassals, and laboring peasants in a chain of reciprocal obligation.
11 min
Mental modelOccam's Razor
Among competing explanations that account for the same facts, prefer the one that assumes the least.
8 min
ConceptThe Doctrine of Double Effect
An act with a good and a bad effect can be permissible if the bad effect is foreseen but not intended, is not the means to the good, and is proportionate.
9 min