Philosophy of life

In this famous quote by Mark Twain, he discusses how he views the importance of finding ones meaning in life, and what it means to them to be a human. To many people, being human is about being free, or just being kind. To fully be human one must not only show one single trait but many traits. There are many texts and lectures that have influenced what it means to me to be human. Texts such as Machinal by Sophie Treadwell and speakers like Chris Baker of Ink 180 have shown me what it truly means…

the most famous figure in the whole history of philosophy. His works inspired many generations of thinkers, some argued for, some against, but always with Kant’s philosophy in their mind. Huge influence of Kant is linked to careful and deliberate analysis of the subjects he explored. Subjects, that are so important in life of every individual, such as moral and ethics. “Grounding for the Metaphysics of Moral” gives perfect insight on Kant’s philosophy. The main goal of this work is “nothing more…

Socrates is one of the best known Greek philosophers from Athens. He is founder of Western philosophy. His philosophies are well known and are studied by thousands of people in today’s world. The way he used to communicate with people was by cross-questioning; this method is known as “The Socratic Method”. This method used to leave people confused. Because of his method he is known as ignorant but he used to think he was wise man because he knew the fact that people think is being ignorant. The…

existential psychotherapy Yalom believed life has arisen from random events, we are finite and we are responsible for our own destiny (Yalom, 2008), and he identified “four ultimate concerns” as the key to all human existence; death, freedom, isolation and meaningless, and stated, “The individual’s confrontation with these facts of life constitutes the content of the existential dynamic conflict” (Yalom, 1980 p. 8). Death is the central part of Yalom’s philosophy, as we are all aware death is…

leadership, and why he thought the way he did. His Christians are not stupid or naïve, but are instead the intellectuals of the highest caliber. His Christianity is not an inferior philosophy, but Eusebius would in fact count it above all others as being the one true philosophy by which one can and should live one’s life. The Christian clergy would be free to move in the same sphere as the non-Christian intellectual elite and would be given the respect he believes they ought to be afforded. …

Pythagoras was a classical Greek philosopher, who contributed chiefly to mathematics. Pythagoras’ basic doctrines of his philosophy differed from other philosophers of his time. Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, put focus on simplicity, silence, obedience, and frequent self-examination, not unlike Socrates. One major belief of Pythagoras was the transfiguration of souls, which is a type of reincarnation. Pythagoras believed that after each death, the soul changes onto different…

dedicated to the instruction of mathematics, history, geometry, and above all, Latin. In 1740, Kant matriculated at the University of Konigsberg. Under the inspiration of his favorite teacher, Kant immersed himself in the study of natural science and philosophy. In fact, it was his teacher, Martin Knutzen, who introduced him to the writings of the two thinkers who had the greatest impact on his early intellectual development: Isaac Newton and Christian Wolf. For approximately…

This class was precisely as I had suspected it to be, in that we would touch on various religions, their origins, their beliefs, and the philosophy behind these beliefs. I selected this class in the hope that I would broaden my frame of reference philosophically rather than religiously. And to be quite frank I dispensed with any curious thoughts about religious practices and their origins even before the class started. I make no claims to be an atheist or agnostic, I exist in pretty much the…

to become a teacher has been the culmination of a lot of different things. When trying to decide what my next steps would be after high school I did a lot of self-reflecting and realized teaching children was where my heart was. I had a moment in my life that really made me realize why teaching is the career path I should take. I became the leader for the three through four year olds at my church and fell in love. Nothing put a bigger smile on my face than when I woke up on Sundays knowing I got…

World Systems, which is a simple dialogue between three people who argue for, against and impartially for Copernicus’ heliocentric theory. The church did not take this action lightly and order Galileo to Rome for trial in 1633. For the sake of his own life, Galileo confessed and signed to his support of Copernicus’s heliocentric theory. Galileo avoided death, but he was convicted to house arrest for his remaining…