Essays on Philosophy of Life

Change has been thought of in several different ways throughout history: What is change? Is change even possible? How so? etc. The more one ponders such a notion the more abstract and odd it becomes. Thinking about change one says to themselves change is not A becomes A (A-->A), that is only continuity and no change what-so-ever took place, so change must occur when A becomes not A (A-->Not A). Though herein is something weird - does the object, A, exist, disappear and then get replaced by ...

Gaining a hold on your philosophy of life is not an easy thing to do. You have to look at your for a while to gain an understanding of how you view the world. And not only how you view it but, why you view it that way. Everyone is going to look at the world in a different way. But one thing I feel we all have in common is we want good for ourselves. Everyone may not want good for the world or others but we all want good for ourselves. This is one aspect I felt the philosophy of life is built ...

Aristotle sees poetry as a device that features emerged out of two totally different causes, every mendacity into man's essence. The preliminary could also be that the urge of faux, and likewise the second is at all times that your urge of each rhythm and stability. We have proof the reality of encounter. We delight to ponder when reproduced with minute constancy: such because the sorts of absolutely the most ignoble animals and of useless our bodies. The explanation of that is, it to study ...

"Philosophy can be defined as the study of nature, knowledge, values and logical reasoning. Physiology can be defined as the body’s response to behavior and the action it can produce (Schultz & Schultz, 2016). Philosophy and physiology both play a big factor in human interactions today and have influenced psychological thoughts. Still using these techniques today, there is a better understanding of how the mind works. One philosopher who has made a major contribution is Rene Descartes. ...

What is sadness? According to Oxford, sadness is defined as the condition or quality of being sad. Sadness is something that all humans experience. It is an overpowering feeling that takes over many peoples’ lives, yet it is difficult for us to even describe what it is without using the word sad. It is only one of the many emotions that we experience as humans, but what if sadness just simply did not exist? I believe that this change would have a bigger effect than what we would expect and the ...

What is change? The definition of change is to make or become different, or to take or use another instead of. If this is the definition of change than what is the definition of becoming? To become something means the process of coming to be something or of passing into a state. For years philosophers and some of world’s brightest minds have pondered at these ideas of change and becoming, but two of the most prominent in this discussion are the ideas of Heraclitus and Parmenides. Why the two ...

“The basis of all good and worth first and foremost comes from the love for our parents.” I can’t remember the writer’s name and where I read this saying, but I know he truly was a great man. Because precisely this sense of love generates the best feelings in us and shapes our personality. Life requires us to be realistic and requires us to not waste our precious time. We have only one life and we have to find boundaries between our possibilities and impossibilities. There are things that ...

Niccolò Machiavelli (1532) uses the portrayal of Cesare Borgia’s career to teach readers about establishing new principalities through others’ arms and fortune, which are gained with little to no trouble but are maintained with great difficulty. Borgia gained land through his father, Pope Alexander VI, and did not account for the fact that the Church owned the land once his father met an untimely end. Machiavelli goes on to Borgia’s dependency throughout his career was the main cause for his ...

Descartes has six meditations listed in his book. He vividly discards the need for believing in things that are not necessarily certain. In his books, he tries to state the relevant things that people he claims people should know for sure. According to the way the meditations are outlined in the book, it seems he had experienced the meditations in six consecutive days because the following meditation refers to the previous one as yesterday. It is believed that he started to work on his ...

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a 20th century French philosopher and historian. Despite encountering various obstacles throughout early stages of his career, such as suffering from horrible bouts of depression, Foucault in time became recognised as one of France’s most notable intellectuals. His work included the writings of many influential books on some of the west’s most powerful institutions, such as medicine, prisons and religion, as well as groundbreaking works on more abstract ...

Many times over, artists have drawn inspiration from one another. Nemerov has done exactly this in his poem, “Vermeer”, which is based around the works of the artist Johannes Van der Meer, otherwise known as Jan Vermeer. This poem ensnares the reader in the story of Verneer’s many works of art. The poem begins almost with a narration, but then morphs into a scene painted like Vermeer’s works themselves, with imagery that describes the paintings Vermeer painted. This poem achieves its purpose ...

When I was little, my mind is always full of curiosity about my surroundings. Like why is the sky blue, why does the moon keep on following me every night, why does a bird sings, why do I have a black hair while the others have different colors? And as I grow older, my questions in life become harder to answer. What is my purpose in this world? Why am I alive and why do I exist? For me, having this kind of mind or thoughts makes us normal. When you stop being curious about what is bothering ...

Law creates standards, keeps order, settles conflicts and protects the human rights and freedoms. However, a lawless society will suffer with chaos and crime. Hence, various philosophers have given their educated version and reasonings on the purpose of law, which have been referred to, throughout time. Their insight may vary, depending if they believe in positive or natural law. Firstly, Thomas Hobbes, an English positive law theorist, ingenious historian and political scientist, was born ...

In order to be an individual you first need to desire individuality. Once the realization that total individuality is impossible is factored in, all that remains is the desire to desire. With this insatiable quest comes no reason or responsibility. Yet social construct dictates that in order to obtain what is desired the individual must use reason. However too much reason leaves a rigid husk that will one day, due to humanities destructive nature, allow desire to exceed reason. When desire ...

This video communicates about the definition of a good person. Each individual defines being a good person differently by perspective. The definition of a good person is narrow due to the human brain relies on shortcuts to do a lot of its work. It was explained that that mental processes are taken place outside of the awareness, like a computer low on battery, or a phone in low charge mode. In addition human brain can only process limited amount of information due to its limited capacity. The ...