Four Noble Truths

All of global spirituality’s commitments, visions and mission much be centered on the rejection of any form of disenfranchisement that is not compatible with love and justice. Therefore global spirituality places itself right at the center of a four way intersection, merging to the world’s future, by way of human life, injustice and…

can be concluded that there is a fundamental conflict between science and religion. This is due to the contradiction between the divine truth and the scientific truth. Intelligent design says that it is not compatible with science because if the divine truth is indeed true, then science is wrong and therefore not needed. On the other hand, science says the truth can only be reached through research. That is, everything can be logically explained through a qualitative and quantitative…

Neo feels compelled to expose the Matrix and enlighten humanity of their imprisoned state (1999). Plato indicates in his Allegory that the response of the prisoner once learning the truth would be one of pity for those still in the darkness (Plato). Descartes’s Meditation I shares a similar theme of being deceived by a malevolent outer force and by our very senses and the downward spiral it can lead to. Descartes expresses an almost…

Epistemology deals with the theory of knowledge. Descartes attempted to build a steady, secure foundation of knowledge. One of his goals was to organize knowledge in a way that is understandable and structured because the structure of thing does indeed dictate function, and building a strong foundation creates an even stronger argument. That was what he was aiming for. Foundation can be described as the underlying basis for something. It as to be steady and strong or everything else on top will…

Explain and discuss Hume’s account of causation. David Hume introduces and discusses his widely-debated theories and ideas surrounding human belief and knowledge in the two texts A Treatise of Human Nature and An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Using these two texts as the primary focus this essay shall critically explain and discuss Hume’s account of causation. Firstly, Hume’s concepts and theories surrounding human knowledge and belief will be critically discussed, focusing firstly,…

others. We rely on what we can see, smell, hear, taste or touch. We use our five senses to perceive something as real, to a certain extent, but our thoughts, our beliefs, and our personal experiences usually tend to come between reality and the actual truth. We usually ask questions or people for advice and we tend to believe what others tell us. To what extent do we have to believe them? Is it because it seems true? Is it because it seems legit? The information that is given to us, how do we…

stories they are shown specific truths that the characters deal with. The narrator is the one that tells us what these truths, or what the end goal of the novel is, in the beginning by stating that there was “the truth of virginity and the truth of passion… Hundreds and hundreds were the truths and they were all beautiful… It was the truths that made the people grotesques” (25). Thus these stories become a look at characters on their search for the truths and how those truths change them.…

one another, so it is to say that somebodies way of viewing things differs slightly from person to person. What stands as the truth for one person, serves as a lie for another. Pablo Picasso became aware of this phenomenon especially when attempting to captivate his audience and also try to convey a message through his artwork. Picasso believed that art was not the truth, moreover it is a lie in which the artist depicts though their art in order to make a point. Not only does this occur in…

Truth telling is “the foundation of authenticity, self-regard, intimacy, integrity, and joy. We know that closeness requires honesty, that lying erodes trust, and that the cruelest lies are often told in silence” (Lerner, 1993, p.15). Truth telling is more than simply telling the truth. It is a way to build confidence and trust. I recently had the experience where two candidates applied for the same prestigious program. The first candidate was qualified, but was not chosen. When I had to…

claim that justice means to tell the truth and not steal, or as Cephalus puts it, “Not cheating someone even unintentionally, not lying to him, [b] not owing a sacrifice to some god or money to a person”. Socrates replies by giving the following counter example, “if a man borrows weapons from a sane friend, and if he goes mad and asks for them back, the friend should not return them, and would not be just if he did. Nor should anyone be willing to tell the whole truth to someone in such a…