Heraclitus Argument Essay

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There is some truth to statement when Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus said, "You can never walk on the same river twice." Heraclitus is referring to everything in the world is changing in every aspect and nothing stay the same. As we go through the motion of life, overtime, the facts we once considered to be the absolute truth changes. As we age, our moral values and perspective changes. Our social morality changes as our culture change. Times change and the world changes, It’s inevitable. However, Heraclitus failed to realize the human species and its traits that remains certain and unchanged. When I was growing up, it seems like I was always asked, "what do I want to be when I grow up. "I would always reply, "I want to be pilot and fly jet planes like in Top Gun." I always taught that it was cool to fly a jet plane and protect our country and for a long time, this was my dream, this is what I'm going to do in life, and this is …show more content…
Although every one of us is different in physical appearance, we all experience the same basic emotions that is hardwired in our brain. If you ask a man from a remote village in New Guinea to act as if he's angry, sad, happy, or disgust and chances are you could guess exactly what emotion is being communicated. In an article, "Reading facial expression of emotions," David Matsumoto and Hyi Sung Hwang reports the studies conducted by Paul Ekman and Carroll Lzard called "universality studies." The study was a revitalization of Charles Darwin's theory of facial expression of emotions. After cross referencing over 168 datasets from 75 different laboratories using different methodologies. The two found that study on facial expression of emotions all over the world yield to same results. They went on to include that micro expression that typically that usually occurs in a split second are likely to conceal genuine

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