Ralph Abernathy

centuries and served as India’s most prominent revolutionary leader during that time. To most, Gandhi is considered to be a social nonconformist due to his unique beliefs during his time. Another group of nonconformists are Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The Transcendentalist movement took place in America in the 19th century and was led by many influential thinkers. Both Gandhi and the Transcendentalist thinkers shared common beliefs such as a person’s…

Albert Einstein once stated, “Adversity introduces a man to himself,” and it is the struggles one faces in life that bring about a further understanding of oneself and one’s capabilities. One can only know how much they can endure after experiencing the stress of demanding situations. The ability for adversity to transform humans lives is less dependent on the form that adversity comes in and more reliant on the way one manages it which will expose one’s true character and ability to adapt to…

There once was a man named Henri De Lubac. He went all the way back to trace the origin of the 19th century attempts to construct humanism apart from God. There were four people that De Lubac focuses on in his writing that are considered to be contemporary thinkers. Those contemporary thinkers include: Feuerbach, Marx, Nietzsche, and Comte. In the book The Drama of Atheist Humanism: The Search for New Man by Henri De Lubac, he discusses where each of these people stand and what has them on the…

Elizabeth Aston Mrs. Hoover American Literature (4) 04 November 2017 Title of Your Report Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that took place during the 1830s. It stressed the ideas of instinct and spirituality over scientific thinking. Cheryl Strayed is an example of a modern day transcendentalist. She is an author, whose most well known for her book Wild. Wild is the story of how she coped with her mother's death. Strayed was devastated and as a result her marriage failed and…

Positive Attitude Helps Avoid Suicide People may always consider themselves as the world’s center and it is truly difficult for people to care for others all the time, so people’s life becomes boring or annoying sometimes.In the essay David Foster Wallace Commence Speech, the author, David Foster Wallace, throw the true life in adults’ world to those graduates and encourage people try to care about the world around us besides people themselves, that is, jumping out of people’s default setting.…

James Truslow Adams is responsible for coining the term “American Dream” in his book The Epic of America (Source E). Some may find it surprising that the book was published in 1931 because the idea of America’s unique, opportunist culture had been prominent since the country’s founding. However, several creators utilized this idea for central themes in their literary works long before it had a name. One of these people was F. Scott Fitzgerald, who published The Great Gatsby in 1925. In The Great…

Ego, what do people think when this word comes to mind? Probably yourself and individuality, not communal nor in a group. In Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem she clearly develops the theme of ego. When Ayn Rand published Anthem there was a great deal of violence throughout the world. WWII was occurring when she wrote the novel. This impacted her life negatively. She traveled to various places in order to escape the cruelty, meaning she had to adapt to all the circumstances. While she was writing, and…

First of all, I would like to talk about briefly the character Zarathustra for Nietzsche by referring his influential work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The book mainly includes the made-up journey and the philosophical speeches of Zarathustra. The journey starts when Zarathustra was in the age thirty, he left his home and went into the mountains. After his personal experiences in the mountains as a hermit, he wanted to return to humanity to spread the wisdom that he has attained. For many readers,…

Asrar-e-Khudi1 or The Secrets of the Self2 was published in 1915, the first philosophical poetry of Sir Mohammad Iqbal3. Iqbal describes his philosophy of "Self" or "Ego4" as “Khudi5”which is the divine spark present in every human beings. A great journey of transformation is vital to apprehend this celestial spark. A similitude of this journey is the relationship of fragrance and seed. Every seed has potential for the fragrance in it. However, to reach the fragrance, the seed…

Pangloss is Candide's mentor and primary guide. He's the knowledge and worldview source for Candide. However, His effect is completely the opposite of the typical mentors. Pangloss knows little about the structure of the world since he lived only an idle life inside a castle. Candide has never had a direct experience with the outside world. Therefore, he without any question believes in Pangloss’s philosophy. Candide is incredibly gullible, faithful, idealistic, and innocent to an extreme level.…