Cynic

The second behaviour is sleep procrastination, which involves the individual delaying bedtime in favour of other activities such as reading, schoolwork, art or gaming. This can also occur when faced with an upcoming or past stressful event, for example, the outcome of the 2016 US election. In these circumstances, although the events cannot be controlled, the individual can stay up until dawn, although most commonly, its before 3 AM. Despite fatigue during the day, the behaviour persists. The…

Saint Thomas was born in Galilee, Israel, and was one of the twelve Apostles. Whilst a dedicated follower of Jesus, he earned the title of “doubting Thomas” on the first Easter Sunday simply because he did not believe Jesus had risen from the dead. According to John 20:24-29, Thomas had not been with the other disciples when Jesus appeared to them, and was in doubt when they told him that Jesus had returned. It wasn’t until Jesus appeared to Thomas and had him touch the fatal wounds did Thomas…

We are constantly asked questions on the topic of where we are and where we are going. Those two periods make up the rest of our lives, although there is no finite time for one to end and the other to begin. There is often little talk of what we are going to do to get there, wherever “there” might be. So people make plans. They begin to think about how they want their life to look like, then they form goals. Goals represent the finish line. You can talk about being there as much as you want but,…

We do not succumb to fear. We will stand with the people of Turkey and every other nation, alongside our allis and our friends to rid terrorist and strengthen their country's democracy. Since my first day in the Oval Office, our dministration has been working to counter the terrorists online and to empower more people, especially younger people, to use their talents and technology to push back on the terrorists propaganda. To protect innocent human beings, we have to stand together as one and…

Socrates once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” For a man who thought he knew nothing, Socrates made great strides in the world of philosophy. Socrates is a complex man and to understand how his work influenced philosophy it is important to look at his background, what he studied, and finally look at the philosophers who followed him. Socrates was born, during 469 B.C.E. in Athens, Greece, to a stone mason and a midwife (Ambury 1). It is said that…

In the stirring speech “In Beyond Vietnam- a Time to Break Silence” Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. makes a compelling and tumultuous argument about the atrocities rampant across the Pacific Ocean; in spite of being criticized by many civil right leaders who thought it hurt their cause. King was ultimately able to advance the cause for social equality by drawing connections and correlations between the war in Vietnam and begging the question in regards to the war raging on the home front:…

 In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato somewhat flippantly defined “man” as an erect and featherless biped. Subsequently Diogenes the Cynic, in an equally flippant fashion, displayed a plucked chicken and declared, “Here is Plato's man.” Plato's student, Aristotle, also was concerned with verbal definitions and distinctions, but he went on to describe the natural world in a matter-of-fact fashion that has earned him recognition as the founder of the biological sciences. In his…

the performer value his performance and believe that this reality he creates is a true reality, there is delusion in the audience and the performer. Likewise, should the performer “not be taken in at all by his own routine”, he may be regarded as a cynic, one who performs only for one’s end (Goffman). The question, therefore, I posit is where I position…

by the local community vindicates freedom by coercively impeding its hindrance and must therefore be considered as concordant with the principles of right and justice. Holding on to the position that states are motivated only by self-interest, the cynic or realist might respond that this justification for humanitarian intervention is problematic at its core. Stripping away the pretensions of altruism, humanitarian interventions can be seen to be essentially motivated by the morally vacant or…

It’s a clear choice. The cynic side of me assumes that there with always exist profit hungry companies looking to profit off exploiting natural resources to the great detriment of the environment and its people, the much harder issues and are the ones in the middle. In this case…