Cold Hard Truth

ought to know the truth?” (1.2.5, p. 5). Trygerius thinks that people is happy when they find the truth. He also thinks that a happy man is a wise man, and anyone who is still searching for the truth is not perfect and not happy. Also, he says that someone who is always searching for what he never finds is in error. Licentius holds that we can be happy if we are searching for the truth. He points out that his ancestors did it and they were wise and only God is perfect and knows the truth, and…

The Truth in the Abyss When writing they say it is always best to tell the truth. I do not know who “they” are, but “they” seem to be vaguely arrogant, entirely omnipotent and the enforcers of way too many rules. That being said, the truth does not exist. Each person’s perspective of a situation is in and of itself a unique truth. My truth of that night is different than my mother’s. I will get to those truths, but first here is the beginning. Anxiety holds my hand while 3 a.m. holds my…

Choices can be very arduous, especially if they are life changing ones. In the book Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, the main character, Jacob, has a to make a decision that will turn his world upside-down. Since Jacob has been on an island near Wales after his grandfather died, he began to realize his grandpa was not crazy, as everyone thought. All of his life, his grandpa told extravagant stories of children who could do magical things, like levitate or lift thousands of pounds.…

can. The most bohemian will say follow what your heart tells you to do, seek happiness. Some others will wisely say, do what you love to do, money will come by itself. The truth of all of that, (or at least my truth) is that none of them are completely right. Every person is a unique individual and the process of seeking his truth is called life. What works for some might not work for others. But in this brief essay I hope I transmit to you why having a Scholarship at Reynolds it is important to…

attempt to formulate a sentence with the word “truthful” in it. She looked up at me with inquiring eyes, asking, “What does ‘truth’ mean?” I tried to come up with a definition, something that would make sense. I realized that I couldn’t because truth is a word that had been, unquestionably, a part of my vocabulary my whole life. My mother always told me to tell the truth, and that’s how I learned it. So I sat perplexed, trying to explain to this young girl what a word, that I believed would…

The accident was an experience they both shared, but affected both differently. It is stated Mina has physical scars but there is a possibility she has emotional ones. As mentioned previously Mina’s grandmother tells Ron how Mina “had a hard few months” (Line 20) and he notices a scar on her neck “that seems new” (Line 17). The story also suggests Mina might not be over Ron as it is clear she takes comfort in his presence. She is “talking animatedly, about a new song she’s heard involving…

This essay will focus on Susan Wolf’s attack on deontic moral theories. She argues that we cannot accept deontic theories as they prescribe moral sainthood. For Wolf, this is an undesirable model of life that is unrealistic to strive for. I will put pressure on the third premise of her argument. Arguing that she makes an inductive leap from her opinion, that the moral saint’s life is undesirable, to the theory that prescribes it can’t be accepted. For Wolf, deontic moral theories promote a…

This argument seems to be based on an assumption, on the part of Al-Ghazali, that there is a sense of possibility which is external and above God: one that even God must remain bound by. This can be seen in the juxtaposition of the conclusion and the sixth premise. In the conclusion, Al-Ghazali is content with the claim that God cannot have created a better creation since such a creation is not possible. In premise six, however, Al-Ghazali is quite unhappy with the notion that God is not able to…

Part of lying is keeping the truth from others, which is crucial when the truth is hurtful, especially when this negative impact on others is perpetual. Still, lying is inevitable. In Stephanie Ericsson’s, “The Way We Lie” and Mark Twain’s, “On The Decay Of The Art Of Lying” both argue the rationale of lying. Ericsson states that lying is inappropriate and should not be practiced, while Twain believes lying is respectable when done right. Moreover, lying is an aspect of reality that should be…

“Serious, as in the magic formula that defines realism. . . . [as] what is ‘in opposition to amusement or pleasure-seeking.’” (Moretti, 368). In Moretti’s paper “ Serious Century”, he explains that “seriousness” became the narrative style that reflected the culture of the 19th century. We comprehend this “seriousness ( Moretti, page 383)” through “fillers (Moretti, 370)” and through the moral values of the characters. “Upon hearing how long a walk the young people had engaged in, they kindly…