Concepts in metaphysics

Be true to yourself To be yourself means to do what ever your heart wants and don’t care what anybody thinks. In Self Reliance, Emerson says that” Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.” This quote basically says that if you're human, you…

The Conceptualised Nature of Discovery? A dynamic of consciousness, "discovery" is one of the essential driving forces of living entities. Even basic primate behaviours such as the drive for social interplay can be said to be based in the act of "discovery". So, what is the nature of this drive? Could a machine be instilled with this? Is it simple matter of novelty, or is it a factor of "learning"? Is it conceptualised? Indigenous Australian Playwright Jane Harrison’s when asked how her play,…

The song Hot N Cold is about the uncertainty of how to stay in a stable relationship. Many people do not know what they want in life especially in a romantic relationship. There are two major types of people when it comes to a romantic relationship: a person who knows exactly what they want and will out every effort to make things work. Then we have those who do not know what they want but they stay because they don't want to feel alone. When you have both personalities come together you have a…

There are many ways that I could contribute to Lake Braddock community. The first thing I would do for the community is a volunteer as a student manager for a sports team. In addition, I would find volunteers that are seeking to help out as well. The second way I contribute to the community is I would stay after school to do some service hours. The third way I contribute to the community is that my family always donate food drive. Lastly, I contribute to the community is a volunteer at a job…

Visualization and Mind-Independent Objects Visualization in its entirety is using different techniques to communicate a message through images, diagrams, animations etc. In producing these diagrams or images, data must be collected and organized to form the actual visualization. However, can we be sure that data collected are reliable? People may have different sense and experiences and collect different data from the same data source. If that is the case, then are our sense wrong or are the…

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Parallelism is used when talking about adversity, misery, and time to emphasize their importance and connect all of them, which creates a clear sentence for the reader and is easy to read. The personification of “time” and “avarice” creates a lifelike view of time and avarice, which caused the reader to understand and relate easily to the idea that time goes by and when we strive for wealth, death becomes nearer. The allusion of “David,” “Alcmena’s nights,” and “Job” connects to other ideas of…

“We pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has” (Kundera, Laughable Loves). Going through life, we experience many things, whether they may be trivial or major. At the time, their meaning may seem unclear and senseless, but there's a chance that one action you make could have a…

impact on what they think of themselves and how they present themselves. For example, small things such as how a child is show a lot of affection while another is shown little to none can affect them as stated earlier. The two most interesting main concepts discussed in the chapter are how communication affects on how one reflects on his or herself, and how communication can affect how they present themselves as well. Consequently, how communication can affect someone’s self esteem can be due to…

According to Collins English Dictionary, an identity crisis is “a state in which a person experiences uncertainty about who they really are and their proper role in life” (Definition of 'identity crisis'). Loss of or confusion about personal identity can come as the result of any number of factors, but it generally is not forced upon a person. In The Handmaid’s Tale, the dystopian society established onto America aims to do just that. Women are stripped of basic human rights and must conform…