Know thyself

But, when Virgil says to Charon, “Charon, thyself torment not: so ‘tis willed, Where will and power are one: ask thou no more,(Inferno:Canto3,89-90)” it seems as though the pilgrim has been chosen by God to take this journey through hell, and you would think that someone chosen by God would be of…

Socrates begins by establishing two points. (1) Some words like “iron” are clear; others like “just” are more ambiguous. Audiences are more likely deceived—and rhetoric has greater power—with the ambiguous words or subjects. (2) The artful speaker must know the “class to which whatever he is about to discuss belongs” (263c). Phaedrus has been influenced by the sophistic view of rhetoric, in which persuasion is valued over truth. Socrates challenges this sophistic argument with a social argument…

Ralph Waldo Emerson writes: “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all man, -that is genius (Emerson 439)”. This powerful quote is an expert taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s literary piece called Self-Reliance. The quote stands as a powerful example of the belief system behind the movement Transcendentalism. . Ralph Waldo Emerson was just one of the most famous literary members that spearheaded this powerful club called the…

Rome was in deep trouble as they floundered so did China as they showed signs of decay internally. China gave it a name called a dynastic cycle. This was a cycle of rising and fall that made it deserve the name. However, the Han decline during the last two centuries given the name Eastern Han (25-220 CE ). The Eastern Han did not show any strength in the Chinese system of rule. These of few of the emperor’s rival’s, the empress and her family, the hereditary aristocrats, the eunuchs, the…

the first two yamas of Yoga, which are ethical principles for relating to the world from a more authentic place. The practice of the two yamas together can be likened to the Golden Rule from the Bible, which encourages us to "love thy neighbor as thyself". How, exactly, are we supposed to love and be kind and truthful to others if at first we do not extend these courtesies to…

Introduction The apostle Paul wrote a masterpiece of a letter in the book of Romans, teaching its readers about different aspects of the Christian life or the life God intended for us. In Romans 1-8 specifically he teaches the worldview on the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and most importantly culture. This essay will dive into my worldview and what I interpret the biblical worldview to be. Natural World The natural world is much the same as is has always been “The earth…

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Romeo is part of the Montague family and Juliet form the Capulet family. Romeo goes to the Capulets masque and at the party Romeo meets Juliet and falls in love,he then realizes he is in love with his enemy. Romeo then tries to pursue Juliet and they end up married by Friar Laurence secretly. Later on Tybalt tries to pick a fight with Romeo but Romeo won't fight so Mercutio his friend fights for him and ends…

is what fate did. Fate made two enemies into lovers, and the consequence of this forbidden love is death. After Juliet finds out that Romeo is from the Montague family, She still can’t stop loving him. “Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague, What’s name Montague? It is nor head not foot, Nor arm nor face, nor any other part Belong to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as…

The quote starts out with saying “No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither/with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as/thus”. This means that not matter what faith you have or what you do, you would die in the very end, making your life meaningless. Then Hamlet use a historical reference to Alexander the Great to prove his previous statement. He uses Alexander the Great because he was one of the most powerful and influential person in history. In the next line, he says “Alexander…

In Case Study 16 (Herlihy & Corey, 2015), a 17 year old male named Frank reveal to his counselor that he had the desire to commit suicide. His parents referred him to the counselor when they realized that things he once valued, he no longer cared about and his behavioral change concerned his parents. In Frank’s initial counseling session, he expressed his suicidal thoughts of: killing himself, giving up and planned to drive his car into an intersection of incoming traffic. His counselor provided…