International Journal of Philosophy

Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015

  • Stoicism and Virtue: The Intrinsic Relationship

    Kuangfei Xie

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 52-56
    Received: 24 September 2015
    Accepted: 9 October 2015
    Published: 30 October 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijp.20150306.11
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    Abstract: Stoicism provides the practical wisdom of happiness to the modern people. Stoicism can also provide us with the essential source of moral power for the virtues. Both the private virtues and the public virtues are deeply rooted into the Stoicism principles that the moral agents have the ultimate moral freedom of choosing, regardless of the changes o... Show More
  • Virtue Ethics and Emotions

    Kuangfei Xie

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 57-61
    Received: 24 November 2015
    Accepted: 3 December 2015
    Published: 30 December 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijp.20150306.12
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    Abstract: The emotional dimension of virtues has long been marginalized and even entirely neglected, with too much importance having being attached to the rational dimension of virtues. Emotions constitute the fundamental basis of virtues, supplying endless inner driving force to the formation of virtues. By putting more stress to the cultivation of moral em... Show More
  • The Influence of Existentialism in Buu Chi’s Paintings

    Quang Trung Pham, Junwu Yang

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 62-71
    Received: 30 November 2015
    Accepted: 11 December 2015
    Published: 30 December 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijp.20150306.13
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    Abstract: Buu Chi is one of the genius artists of modern Vietnamese painting. His works carved profound values in the artist world and painting viewer, both in Vietnam and the world. There is one remarkable characteristic which makes Buu Chi’s paintings becoming specifically is philosophic aspect. His works not only influenced by ‘Yin and Yang’ idea of Book ... Show More
  • About the Arithmetic and the Geometry of Human Proairesis and the Natural Asymmetry by Which Unhappiness Wins the Game Against Happiness 3 to 1

    Franco Scalenghe

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015
    Pages: 72-82
    Received: 5 December 2015
    Accepted: 14 December 2015
    Published: 8 January 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijp.20150306.14
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    Abstract: Only recently the study of human ‘Proairesis’ has become a respected area of scientific research. However, still today the very starting point of any such inquiry appears exceedingly difficult because the nature of human proairesis seems inherently refractory to explanation, especially in materialistic terms. Following the fundamental suggestions o... Show More