Pre-existence

A table does not exist. Regardless of apparent evidence including touching, and seeing the table, it does not exist. The absurdity of the above statement exemplifies how illogical society’s doubts in the existence of different co-cultures is. Specifically, the question of whether identifying as LGBTQ is acceptable or if those students deserve the backlash they receive. Currently, 3.5% of the United States identify under the LGBTQ umbrella, correlating to approximately 11 billion people, but it…

One has to live a live in its deepest depths to come up with such a constant and veritable fact that existence is the true crux of rightful living rather than foreseeing a dreamy future or brooding of fateful past deeds. It is such a simple yet a profound reality. Albert Camus in his text, ‘The Outsider’ uses the protagonist, Meursault’s journey through a period of time in his life where the events and dealings of his life make him realize an eternal truth: man must live in ‘benign indifference…

SensesA. Senses can deceive us. B. Other senses cannot doubt our movements. III. Evil GeniusA. He is clever and deceitful and powerful. B. He directed his efforts to mislead us. C. Put all the knowledge about things as a deceptive gamesMeditation 2 I. Existence of the Self(Cogito Ergo Sum)A. Nothing is certain that has existed in our mindsB. If there is a deceiver(Evil Genius), if he can deceive me, It means that I exist. C. If I am certain that I am really existing, I have only this knowledge…

Tao or Dao is a word signifying in abstract- 'way', 'path', 'route', 'key' or sometimes more loosely- 'doctrine' or 'principle'. The Dao is the intuitive knowing of "life" that cannot be grasped full-heartedly as just a concept but is known nonetheless through actual living experience of one's everyday being. The Dao is not a 'name' for a 'thing' but the underlying natural order of the Universe whose ultimate essence is difficult to circumscribe due to it being non conceptual yet…

God existence Introduction In answering the question concerning the existence of the living of the greatest being God, some considerations are put into place. Those considerations include discoveries by astronomists and arguments by philosophers. The existence of God is discussed well in books such as the assortments of the world and these are important as they reveal that truly the greatest being existed. It is true that the leading argument about the existence of God was presented by Anselm…

groups, and he stratified the groups into three kinds: amtscharisma, gentilcharisma, and erbscharisma. Despite the supernatural charisma defined by Weber, there is also secular charisma critically argued by Shils and Nisbet. Shils (1965) regard the existence of charisma is far beyond the three groups defined by Weber, it has a much…

Empathic Response Task Set Text: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Approach: You are Pi when the three religious leaders approach you and argue over which religion you belong to. Rationale In this emphatic response task, I take on the role of Piscine Molitor Patel when the three religious teachers approach him and argue over which religion Piscine truly belongs to. The reason I chose this approach was because the way Pi thinks is interesting especially in terms of religion in which he has an extremely…

B) He who knows the individual soul, the experiencer of the fruits of action, as Atman, always near and the Lord of the past and the future will not conceal himself from others. C) He verily knows Brahman who knows the First−born, the offspring of austerity, created prior to the waters and dwelling, with the elements, in the cave of the heart. D) He verily knows Brahman who knows Aditi, the soul of all deities, who was born in the form of Paraná, who was created with the elements and who,…

Eternal Recurrence • In Ecce Homo, Nietzsche asserts that the point of Thus Spake Zarathustra was not Superman, but the doctrine of "eternal recurrence." Eternal recurrence is the highest form of "yea-saying" that can be attained. • The idea is that life, even in its smallest details, will recur innumerable times. This dismaying and oppressive notion is a further test of strength for the Übermensch. The world-approving man is the one who wishes to have life in all its misery and terribleness…

reintroduced the idea as part of his five proofs for the existence of God. Aquinas’s first way is derived from motion. Following the same premise as Aristotle, Aquinas argues that a first mover, existing in a state of perfect actuality, must exist to move things from potential to actual states. Absence of this first mover would result in an infinite regress; therefore, the observable presence of motion in the material necessitates the existence of a first mover. The second way is founded upon…