Being and Nothingness

Both stories have the creators of the planet on the earth’s surface, not as divine beings from above “She (Coyote) put rocks in that river… gets shallow fast.” (King, 76). This shows a closeness to the earth shows how the world of godly figures can be blended with the physical world. Furthermore both stories have contributions of anthropomorphized…

is inspiring, motivating, and intelligent. The whole aspect of existentialism helps people’s mind decided on their acts of will and take full responsibility on the consequences whether it is negative or positive. As human beings we must find a way to actually become a “being” and the only way to do so is to take action and not simply dream about your goal. Jean Paul Sartre implies that humans should not be afraid of making a decision over what they want to do or were they would like to be in…

The traits that reveal him as one become more lucid throughout the novel. Henry is characterized as a Hemingway Hero because he is able to display grace under pressure in difficult situations. Henry has to constantly battle against the void or nothingness in his life called nada. Henry uses the sensual pleasures in his life to combat against nada. Do you know of any chaotic and stressful heroes? Henry shares plenty of characteristics with non traditional superheroes like Wolverine or Deadpool;…

the buds sprout out of their branches to start a new beginning, they bloom and grow, and sing their way until autumn arrives, and the poor leaves have no option but to fall down and be crunched by oblivious humans and soon be raked into a pile of nothingness. The leaves are not given an option to fall, no matter how much the leaves want to resist, they know that a slight slap of wind will fly them to the ground. This is the concept of life and death; it is portrayed…

It is impossible to define the concrete meaning of a human because humans are unpredictable beings with nothing being the only commonality they share. However, the evaluation of one’s self can be used to briefly understand what humans are like. Because my being is the only one I know, I can only understand myself in the context of being human. From the moment I was born, being alone was the only truth I have ever known and will remain as such until the moment my body begins to decompose. I am…

As Heidegger himself states, ‘anxiety reveals in Dasein its being toward its ownmost potentiality of being, that is, being free for the freedom of choosing and grasping itself.’ (Heidegger, 2009, p.233) In this quote, Heidegger shows how anxiety discloses the self as being separate from the world. It is when the self first distinguishes its self-awareness and recognises its freedom. This is how anxiety is most distinctive;…

Anais, Alonso Module #3 PHI2010 1 Compare and contrast various views of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions. It predates written records and its origins are lost in the past. The term Hinduism refers to the collection of faiths that are believed to have originated in India, but other scholars believe that was brought to India a long ago by nomadic people. It is a polytheistic system with various gods and goddesses as well as lesser deities.…

philosophy approaches traditional philosophical problems as being rooted in misunderstandings in a language. Natural Language philosophy seems to me to be more of a traditional approach towards issues, while logical uses more meaningful answers to deal with issues. 6. Explain the role of the “Vienna circle” in the history of analytic…

It has been said that “Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.” This quote is saying that being alone can be relaxing but being lonely is a horrible feeling. Getting away from everything that is bothering you can make you feel better but when what’s bothering you is inside you there is nothing good about it. Being alone is great when it’s a choice but when it’s not it’s a terrible thing to feel. The narrator’s in “Desert Places” and “Acquainted with the Night” come to this realization. “Desert…

liberation from all suffering” (Müller 2014, 165). This reference of extinction seems to mean that after one has reached Nirvana there is nothingness. Although this idea has a negative connotation, it can lend a certain amount of credence to the doctrine of no-self. Without a self it remains questionable how there is a subject able to obtain liberation. If Nirvana is nothingness, it is therefore unable to be experienced, thus there is no need to claim an inner core which can experience. On the…