Celibacy

There is nothing as pointless as getting caught up trying to slow down time, and losing attachment to the moment you're in. Chris Mccandless and Holden Caulifield in Into the Wild by John Krakaur and Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are searching for belonging but are stuck in fantasy belief of humanity. Holden and Chris, only search for innocence, and are blind to the fact that our society is prone to change into an experienced place. Toward the end of both their stories, they are finally…

I began my degree seeing potential in all the wrong guys and eventually after a few falls I took an oath to a year of celibacy. This year I have decided to be open to relationships yet not go looking for it. As the year passes and not yet one date, I am quickly losing hope in my childhood dreams. Until today, As I sit in the library writing this feature article, a guy I…

1. Transubstantiation Transubstantiation is the Catholic belief that during the Eucharist in Mass, the bread and wine is transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ (Lindberg (L.) 402). This is significant, because during the Reformation in the 16th century, Luther developed the idea of “sola scriptura” or scripture alone (Harris Lecture (H.L.10/14/14). This concept meant that since it did not actually say in the scripture that the bread and body of Christ had been transformed, it…

Adam Smith 1. Known as founder of Classical economics, regarded as starting point of classical economics. 2. Described as Father of Political economics 3. He most noted for his work ‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of the Nations’ (1776). 4. He is first economist to deal economic problem in systemic manner , hence heis also known as first academic economist. 5. Smith gives the idea “labour is the source of wealth of the nations”, 6. Adam Smith propounded the labour theory of…

4. Representations of Gandhi For nearly six decades, Gandhi has been a recurring figure in diverse mediums all over the world. Whether it’s a new biography or a modern take on Gandhi’s philosophies, the Gandhian tradition has been kept alive in not just literature, but in almost all art forms. However, it creates an interesting but a paradoxical situation; during his lifetime Gandhi was likened to other eminent figures like Lenin, Tolstoy and even Jesus Christ. Soon after his death a discourse…

processors may have all of one’s best interests at heart, but the will of society conflicts with survival instincts; • Programmed to survive, one accepts society’s ways to prosper, but their ways restrict one’s survival (sent to war ) or reproduce (celibacy,…

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…