Know thyself

a major proponent of finding one’s self, on your own, with no one else’s help. As detailed in Self-Reliance, Emerson questions the manhood of conformists, stating “[w]hoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.” and encourages others to "[t]rust thyself.” (1747 & 1748) One could make a parallel with Paine since Paine had to overcome every obstacle in his life by himself. Paine also stayed true to his own beliefs, detailing his controversial religious beliefs in Age of Reason. While Paine might…

The great theologian Charles Spurgeon said, “There are two prayers always worth praying, “Lord show me myself” and “Lord show me thyself.” May both be heard, and you will be taught of God! Gifts come from a single source to benefit the entire church. Every individual has an important part to play in the church. The gift of communication is an effective way of prayer. Communication is making a connection with people or places. Within the Christian walk communing with God would seal the deal…

of self love when he states that everyone “is bound to preserve himself” (§6). As he states that everyone is free and that we are all equally free, a sense of equal love arises, though I think it is impossible to know and love everybody, it is a good base to “love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus…

example of something you learned in the Torah that has a personal meaning to you not in your life. One thing that I learned in the Torah that has a personal meaning to my life right now is “ואהבתה לרעך כמוך”, otherwise known as “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Across the whole Torah, this phrase is worded differently. This teaching related to my life today because I try to love everyone just the same way as I would like to be treated. This is like the quote “treat others as you would like to be…

As a learning method, I enter each course of an open mind. This learning modality allows me to focus on each objective and its manifestations. I observed this process during my Master’s program and I kept note through discernment and consciousness in my daily journey. During the prelude, the title is what attracted me to apprehend this course had something to do change. When trying to complete and absorb my assignments, I had a bit of trouble, until week three. Throughout this time, a lot of the…

they both come from a christian perspective there views contrast, on one hand Kant tell us that we just know these moral absolutes it is are moral duty to follow them, which is duty god has given us. Furthermore Kant tell us we look to our conscience is moral dilemmas, and use the voice god. However Fletcher disregard this arguing that the only moral absolutes is to “love thy neighbour as thyself.” Fletcher does not entirely disregard these moral absolutes that Kant values so highly, such as the…

“Betray a friend, and often find thyself ruined.” In the story “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Caesar’s best friend Brutus, is fighting an internal conflict with himself because he has to pick a side of either his best friend Julius Caesar’s side or Rome’s side. Brutus picks Rome’s side and kills Caesar for the good of Rome, later on in the story Brutus “kills himself” because his life got harder once he killed Caesar and people didn’t handle it anymore. Betrayal from a friend is worse than…

before they receive all of their money back. So, many are choosing to sign up for the welfare system just to get their money back from the government. Well, these are all really good arguments coming from those who choose not to work; but many do not know that the welfare system is not really the best thing for them; or that there is a better approach than this system.…

Transcendentalism In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”, he expresses that one should never conform but instead follow one’s own mind. He wrote this while he helped start the Transcendentalist movement. In Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”, he explains that it is okay to disobey the rule of law if it is unjust. This is written in response to the questions he was ask on why he went to jail. Both of these works were published around the same time. “Self-Reliance” was published in 1841…

begin to sword fight. Romeo then tries to separate to two, but gets in the way and Tybalt kills Mercutio. After Mercutio is killed, Romeo immediately goes after Tybalt even though minutes ago, he was telling Tybalt, that he loves him more than he knows.(3.1.59.) Romeo acts without thinking and kills Tybalt, which results in numerous outcomes that lead to his death. After the prince learns what happened to Tybalt he states, “ And for that offense, immediately we do exile him hence.”…