Cult of Reason

1. What does Machiavelli mean by Fortune? How does this relate to a prince and to the public at large? Machiavelli talks about fortune as a means to rise to power. He implies that fortune is a form of luck that without will of the person controls half of that person’s actions. When talking about fortune, he talks about free will which supposedly controls the other half although fortune directly correlate with a prince’s success or failure. when he says that “to one who governs himself with…

The Allegory of the Cave is a metaphor for Plato’s theory of Knowledge. The theory of knowledge refers to the difference between knowledge and opinion. Opinions are questionable information that hasn't been reasoned or understood. Knowledge is knowing the ins and outs, and the ability to teach it to another with proper understanding. In order to get knowledge, one must question this information to find out who it is, what it is, and why it is. Knowledge is valuable, it is everlasting and no one…

Preserving Endangered Languages As An Art Form The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee Preservation festival at the Cherokee National Park several years ago. When I asked if they are speaking their native languages, he replied to me that the government requires their younger generations to learn whatever are in the culture of Cherokee, including learning the Cherokee language because their languages are near…

Whats is love? The dictionary definition of love is “an intense feeling of deep affection”. I know i've felt it. But what does i mean, i have no sympathy for other broken hearts because i've had the worst case of it. I have loved him on and off for more than two years now. This bad case of love is more than you could ever imagine. I don't know what to do. My life is a mess with and without him. I've tried to live without him and the end result was me trying to take my own life, through me…

Friedrich Nietzsche takes a markedly different stance on knowledge- exhibiting a poetic yet nihilistic perspective in his rant On Truth and Lies. Nietzsche persuasively argues that perceived knowledge is merely a human construct capable of fabricating “the illusion of truth”, while also unfolding its principle power in “dissimulation” (Nietzsche 13). Truth as a product of untruth, he claims, exists as a survival mechanism for humans, and that society hypothesizes these ‘truths’ from discrete…

The True Nature of Man Eric Burdon once stated “Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” Burdon’s statement about human nature explains that there is a perpetual battle between good and evil within all of us and it is up to one’s self to choose what action takes over us. Many people have their own opinions of how human nature should be defined, some think we are all naturally flawed and…

Principally, Aristotle’s views on human nature plays an essential role in his eudemonia theory, which is based on human beings having an end goal, which is to pursue happiness. On Aristotle’s account, men do not naturally have a society-determined way of functioning, thus their different ability to retain virtues is part of human nature. The concept of eudemonia is therefore a doctrine rooted within human nature but requires a social input so as to attain its actualization point (Sachs, 2002).…

Different people describe love in various ways. Some people define it as an intense affection that a person can have towards somebody or something. Others assert that love is a deep sexual or romantic attachment existing between two parties. Some scholars claim that love means developing a passionate affection towards somebody or something. A feeling of warmth or personal attachment towards someone or something is also referred to as love according to others. From the different definitions of…

In Lord of the Flies, all of the boys left stranded on the uninhabited island are fairly similar; they have good eyesight, are healthy, and have slim figures. Then there is Piggy. Piggy’s character is not the ideal one to be caught on a stranded island. He is bigger in size, wears glasses, and has ‘asthmar.’ Piggy is judged by the boys, and the author who referred to him as the “fat boy” in the beginning of the book, based on his looks, vision impairment, illness, and nickname. The first…

Love, rational or irrational, is there really a difference? We must first define love itself. The word is mostly used according to the first definition given in the dictionary: “an intense feeling of deep affection.” In other words, love is what one feels. In the same way, we must now define rational and irrational. Rationality according to the dictionary: “by reasonable or logical means” and irrationality meaning the complete opposite. Now that we have a complete understanding of all the words…