Cold Hard Truth

The third argument against Descartes’ successful refutation is that he admits throughout his meditations that he can in fact be deceived, which means there is no way for him to refute the first meditation in and of itself as explained by the dream argument. “From these considerations it is utterly apparent that, notwithstanding the immense goodness of God, the nature of man, insofar as it is composed of mind and body, cannot help being sometimes mistaken” (140). This statement recognizes that he…

verses forty-nine and fifty focus on attire as another important facet of one’s personality. Verse forty-nine denounces the figurative garb of the secular, whereas this verse counsels the faithful to don the symbolic attire of the Truth, foster passionate love for the Truth and remain immersed in dhikr. The term sat has a wide-range of meanings, including ‘being’, ‘existing’, ‘lasting’, ‘true’, ‘real’, ‘right’, ‘as any one or anything ought to be’, ‘beautiful’, ‘that which really is’,…

1) According to Socrates, one who seeks to know what justice is, should be dissatisfied with what lovers of spectacles regard as justice because these spectacles (including theater, poetry, and sporting events) do not contain the truth. Socrates also believes that the many just things are both just and unjust because they “roll around somewhere between not-being and being purely and simple” (Pg 160 d) Of the just, there are things that look and are unjust, and things that seem just at the…

According to the article, “a necessary inference from what has preceded, that neither the uneducated and uninformed of the truth, nor yet those who never make an end of their education, will be able ministers of State,” (The Allegory 1). This means that the uneducated of truth, and those who do not continue to learn throughout their lives can be an effective government leader. Intentions of a leader are a sign of their ability to lead their people…

Harman presents the argument that we never have any evidence for or against any moral claim and that moral “facts” serve no purpose regarding the explanation of making observations unlike scientific facts do. In this essay, I will argue why I believe that Harman’s argument is ultimately successful, successful being that it is convincing of its conclusion. I will accomplish this by first paraphrasing Harman’s premises in an understandable manner. Next, I intend to provide a possible attack that…

Truth is Not What it is Truth is the reality of what has happened, however, the road to understanding truth is not always straightforward and smooth. This is because one person may perceive the truth one way, while another perceives the truth differently, so, their truths are different. In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the steps towards discovering the real truth are discussed, and these concepts are present in William Shakespeare’s Othello. The characters created by Shakespeare in Othello…

The Roads of Reykjavik “In regard to the horizon, it is nothing that is in between and it is this nothing that you look at when you forget that you are looking out the window. You are not just looking, you are just thinking. But you don’t see anything. This is where you as the observer, create your own image, according to your own knowledge and experiences.” - George Gundi, Horizons. The day began as it ended. Looking through the window of Geocamp, watching the seemingly endless horizon.…

mechanism essentially involves considering the mind’s interpretation of the ideas which it already contains, in order to produce new ideas pertaining to the mind itself (205). Similarly to how sensation allowed for the creation of ideas such as heat and cold, so does this new process for ideas including believing, knowing, and willing, which categorize different operations of the mind. For instance, when the mind considers the ideas it already has, it is able to identify groups of ideas which…

In life there are many people that can have a clouded vision in their moral decisions, Amir is a perfect example of moral ambiguity. In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner young Amir makes some unethical decisions, he was selfish and afraid to stick for himself or others. He would later greatly regret these decisions. Amir spends the many years following his youth trying to fix is mistakes and truly redeem himself. On the surface Amir comes across as a terrible person, especially in in younger…

In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses unreliable narration, repetition of key motifs, and aside to encapsulate Holden’s sacrificing modus operandi. Holden obscures his true intentions with unreliable narration which colours his desire to hold onto anything he can, even to the point where he will not recall his memories. The motifs of death and ‘phoniness’ in his narration which defines the lens through which he views the world. Holden’s asides create the office of a higher moral…