“When a man thinks for himself, he follows the impulse of his own mind, which is determined for him at the time, either by his environment or some particular recollection (Schopenhauer; 1851).” Arthur Schopenhauer establishes a claim upon the true essence of learning, through presenting a juxtaposition between learning through reading and learning through the extraction of thoughts from surroundings and experiences. He begins with the assertion that with learning through reading, one is introduced to a different perspective and broadens the horizons of knowledge towards a specific idea. This claim is valid and correct to a certain extent. An author, or a set of authors, presents a biased viewpoint on the subject they had chosen to elaborate
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Though, it presents different perspectives that promote a more open mind and thinking, it also stunts the “elasticity’’ of that mind as to how it would handle other ideas and viewpoints. There was a particular time in United States’ history of which revolved around the controversy of “McCarthyism’’, a time of which the country’s own government executed propaganda against Communism. Arthur Miller, the author of the The Crucible, had constructed a novel where its characters paralleled with the same tragedies and sentences that were given to the people that were involved in the McCarthyism trials. The book had a metaphorical meaning. The book was meant to attract attention of what the McCarthyism propaganda did and who executed those doings. Good or bad, whether to draw attention on a secret agenda for the good of others, propaganda still forces a specific attitude to an individual or a community, toward some cause or position. Propaganda withholds differing opinions and self-expression, but rather puts knowledge and thoughts into a defined mold, a mold with no room for other abstract …show more content…
Therefore, if an individual is an unable to utilize one form of learning, their dependence on the success of the remaining few methods to obtain new content, in order to counterbalance the effects of the disability, is amplified. Albert Einstein, the infamous prodigy, suffered through the learning disability of dyslexia. Einstein perceived reading to be a strenuous activity, causing inevitable frustration. Though, he was surrounded by an academically stimulating environment, having been immersed in countless events where the smallest object evoked a string of perplexing conceptions within his mind. He related those conceptions to his previous experiences that he was already exposed to. Even before his formal education had begun, he was very attentive to all the details of the life that was around him. He is a distinguished piece of history that justifies incongruity between being such a remarkable abstract thinker, capable of complex concepts, despite a significant academic constraint. It is through this disability that reinforces the importance of independent thinking and original ideas, whether they be proven right or wrong. He did in fact attempt to read and succeeded, his learning having been further enhanced by the knowledge within pages of a textbook. But it was his own thoughts, his own experiences and getting
Though, it presents different perspectives that promote a more open mind and thinking, it also stunts the “elasticity’’ of that mind as to how it would handle other ideas and viewpoints. There was a particular time in United States’ history of which revolved around the controversy of “McCarthyism’’, a time of which the country’s own government executed propaganda against Communism. Arthur Miller, the author of the The Crucible, had constructed a novel where its characters paralleled with the same tragedies and sentences that were given to the people that were involved in the McCarthyism trials. The book had a metaphorical meaning. The book was meant to attract attention of what the McCarthyism propaganda did and who executed those doings. Good or bad, whether to draw attention on a secret agenda for the good of others, propaganda still forces a specific attitude to an individual or a community, toward some cause or position. Propaganda withholds differing opinions and self-expression, but rather puts knowledge and thoughts into a defined mold, a mold with no room for other abstract …show more content…
Therefore, if an individual is an unable to utilize one form of learning, their dependence on the success of the remaining few methods to obtain new content, in order to counterbalance the effects of the disability, is amplified. Albert Einstein, the infamous prodigy, suffered through the learning disability of dyslexia. Einstein perceived reading to be a strenuous activity, causing inevitable frustration. Though, he was surrounded by an academically stimulating environment, having been immersed in countless events where the smallest object evoked a string of perplexing conceptions within his mind. He related those conceptions to his previous experiences that he was already exposed to. Even before his formal education had begun, he was very attentive to all the details of the life that was around him. He is a distinguished piece of history that justifies incongruity between being such a remarkable abstract thinker, capable of complex concepts, despite a significant academic constraint. It is through this disability that reinforces the importance of independent thinking and original ideas, whether they be proven right or wrong. He did in fact attempt to read and succeeded, his learning having been further enhanced by the knowledge within pages of a textbook. But it was his own thoughts, his own experiences and getting