Deep Thinking Throughout this course I have learned so much about how life is, and can be, explored through using the beliefs you carry, the values you learn, and the qualities you enhance. Most of all, I have learned that life is too short to let your time slip away and let the values of you and your family hold wither due to lack of self esteem and outside support and encouragement.

Oedipus Whether or not Oedipus’ downfall should be attributed to his own free will or that of the gods can only be established by the reference point it is to be analyzed from. In the time of Dionysus and the day for which Sophocles wrote this tragedy one would have to assume Oedipus’s downfall was most likely meant to be attributed to the will of the gods. However, one must take into

Perception Perception Everyone perceives and sees every situation in life from a different point of view. Some see one thing that another might have missed, some notice detail others just notice the big picture. I personally notice detail about everything, from watching how people interact to looking over a cliff at a landscape. I’ve picked up on things in the last couple of years

Philoshoy Final Paper People have come to believe that we are morally responsible for our actions. We live in an increasingly violent world; a world that places individual’s responsible for the way in which they live. Our societies have founded governments, justice systems, and social contracts under the premise that people are morally responsible for their actions. Each facet of lif

Perfect Society Perfect Society The world we live in today is far from perfect. As a minority, I see these imperfections first hand. There are inequalities between races and gender. I hope most people don’t mean to be prejudice or racist but it seems that is how they were brought up. If the environment around you teaches to hate others, it would effect that person regardless if th

Capitalism Vs. Socialism CAPITALISM vs. SOCIALISM Capitalism and Socialism are both types of systems in different societies throughout the world that have been successful at times, but also not so fortunate in it’s success at other times throughout history. When discussing Capitalism and Socialism we are asked if we desire a moral or immoral system, if we’d rather have our own freed

Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon England The Anglo-Saxons were pagan, non-literate, barbaric immigrants who established England into the culturally refined country that it is today. This is especially hard to understand, since the Anglo-Saxons were so disorganized that they had little conception of national, racial, or political loyalties. The people of England would like to belie

Aristoteles Vs Plato To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Plato is regarded by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. These two men were great thinkers. They each had ideas of how to improve existing societies during their

Compare/Contrast Daoism & Buddhism To compare and contrast the ideas about desire in Daoism and Buddhism, it is important to understand that neither theory encourages desire in its entirety. Daoists should naturally let go of all desire. Buddhists understand desires to be inevitable and therefore, we can and should train ourselves to resist them. Daoism encourages people to live a s

Eating And Mood Disorders Eating and Mood Disorders Eating and mood disorders are two serious illnesses that have been around ever since humans have inhabited the planet. It is only recently that we have had the knowledge to study these complex yet complicated psychiatric disabilities. Such knowledge has lead to advances in neuroimaging may allow physicians to look for subtle anomalie

Is Nature Talking To Us A secular being looks at nature and hopes to observe a sign of Divine inspiration. Many find a moral message from their deity in everything created. They humanize every situation as they seek out each nuance of His subsistence within the circle of life. Conversely, each religious conviction has a different opinion concerning how our world came into existence an

The Environment Around Us The environment around us controls who we are, what we do, and how we act. The individual may have a slight control of what they do but the over looking factor in them is the environment they are put in. We learn what to do and how to change our behavior due to what the environment puts forth. Free will does not exist in the world that we live in today. Free wil

Philosophy Kant belived that true morality derives always from what truly makes us happy as human beings. This immediatley making morality subjective to each person. Or are we to think that culture as well as society around us makes us quiestion what truly makes us happy or what we are to be happy about' This being the case what is morality for one that seeks only money to be happy' The

Charles Darwin and the theory of Evolution CHARLES DARWIN AND THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION It is commonly thought today that the theory of evolution originated from Darwin in the nineteenth century. However, the idea that species mutate over time has been around for a long time in one form or another. Therefore, by Darwin's time the idea that species change from one type into anot

Physics And Quantum Philosophy The worlds of marble and wood left me feeling stranded halfway through a long tunnel. Trying to grasp the concepts of higher dimensions left me feeling more like a coy out of water than one still trapped in the pond. The concepts discussed in “Part 1: Entering the Fifth Dimension,” in Hyperspace, by Michio Kaku, left me with more questions than answers.

On David Hume And Rene Descartes On David Hume and Rene Descartes “There are more things in heaven and Earth than dreamt of in your philosophy” (Shakespeare, 211). This quote from William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark presents quite an idea. It suggests that in our modern philosophy we have not even began to scratch the surface of what causes the nature of thi

Philosohers Kongzi, Laozi, Han Feizi each had very separate ideas and ideals for the greatest ruler. Whether the ruler gain control through trust, being unseen but assertive or through force, rulers must know how to keep their people in line. Kongzi believed in maintaining control by having the people of a rulers land be able to trust a ruler. In document 1 Kongzi says instead of sacr

Philosophy Frustrations with Aramark I have been attending the University of Southern Maine for two years now. Within this time, I have stayed in the dorms, and have become in contact with many problems at the Gorham campus. One especially seems to be the food service called Aramark. One problem I seem to have with Aramark is the snack bar hours. They are very inconsistent on th

Philosophy Priest and ministers make up panels that handle moral issues. People feel that they have the upper hand in knowledge when it comes to morality. Most hospitals have an ethics committee, which include healthcare professionals, lawyers, and religious representatives. The reason why priest and ministers are thought of in this way is not because they are wiser; it is because they h

Philosophy Plato vs. Augustine on the Nature of Humanity Humans have struggled throughout the centuries with the complexity and ambiguity of our humanity. The question of who or what we are as humans is difficult one and does not have an easy answer. Our first understanding of humanity is based within the framework of the worldview in which we were raised within. However, throug

Philosophy In Fate, author Richard Taylor discusses several areas covered under the following sections: Fatalism and Determinism, Fatalism with Respect to the Future and the Past, The Sources of Fatalism, Divine Omniscience, The Story of Osmo, Four Questions, and The Law of Excluded Middle. The first section, Fatalism and Determinism, starts out with a very simple definition of Determin

Philosophy 160 Ethnical Egoism maintains the claim that people always act selfishly, to foster their own self-interest or happiness. The Collegiate Websters Dictonary defines egoism as “a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action.” If this claim is true, ethics is in trouble, because most traditional ethical systems demand at least occasional al

Philosophy Brew-Ha Ha In this class thus far, we have had the opportunity to read and learn about 26 different philosophers and ways to ascertain the good life. Most recently, we have dealt with philosophers who talk about the use of reason, self-exploration, and self-realization. The works that I found more interesting of the three topics were that of Self-Exploration and Self-Realiza

Philosophy Of Life Everyone has certain emotional needs and values, that is what makes us all individual. These needs and values come from past experiences, they are learned. Among many values I have two that are most important to me; respect and honesty. Although I have other values such as responsibility, trust, and love; through my experiences the most important are respect and

Philosophy Of Love What is Love' The Foundations and Basis of Love The basic need for companionship flows potently through the veins of all as a beat is skipped in the heart. This skip is known to most as love, but what is love' To some love is a meaningful spiritual connection and to others nothing more than a physical attraction. Plato said, “Pleasure is the bait of sin.” Love is p

Philosophy Thinking Philosophy consists of issues that will always be discussed by philosophers. Many philosophers question themselves with different kind of problems that may or may not concern them in anyway. The world of answers and solutions is big and finding the right answer should not be a problem for anybody if they know exactly how and where to find it. Decisions that we make ev

Philosophy: Then And Now Since the standard beginning of philosophy on May 23, 585 B.C., the world has seen some very brilliant and gifted philosophers. In a certain sense, every aspect of our daily lives is influenced and affected by the findings of those early philosophers. Many of the so-called “logical” explanations we have of nature and the universe today is because of findings of

My Life Reflection paper In a world where people are murdering, stealing and harming each other, it’s hard to find the good in people now a days. The people who are doing these behaviors need help. That’s where I step in hopefully when I am certified to be a counselor. I think that people are generally created innately good and then go create their own nature. I could prove this by

A Comparison Of Wells’ And Marx’s Ideas On Class Struggles And The Future A Comparison of Wells’ and Marx’s Ideas on Class Struggles and the Future We grow up envisioning the future through television programming such as the Jetsons and Star Trek. Through optimistic eyes, we see the future as merely a further advancement of our technology, society, and comforts of living. Inversely,

Child Abuse This report will examine the link between two concepts: parental alcohol use and child abuse/problems. Scholarly information sources overwhelmingly agree that as a parent/guardian increasingly uses alcohol, their child has an increasing chance of being physically/mentally abused and/or having more problems than children raised by non-alcoholic parents. The Mental and physic