Seven virtues

The true meaning of love is a topic that has been debated about since ancient times and Plato’s Symposium is one text that deals with the problem of defining love. In Plato’s “Symposium”, seven Greek philosophers take turns debating the meaning of love at a dinner party. Each philosopher has a different point of view and opinion of what love is and why we desire love. This text is extremely influential still to this very day, as it raises important questions about love that are significant to…

My Art of Life I, ERIC MANGRAM believe that the Art of Life is winning isn`t everything, but wanting to win is by Vince Lombardi. It is this way because you should always see yourself being successful in careers that you want to be the best you can be in. Hence it is motive to go by in order to have better things in your life such as housing, automobiles, and education. Therefore it is the best aphorism to go by due to its meaning which tells the one reading it that by using this aphorism you…

The purpose of the Theaetetus is to examine how the mind accounts for knowledge by seeking an answer to the question Socrates poses to Theaetetus, what is knowledge? (146A). After a few failed attempts at answering, Theaetetus posits that knowledge is true opinion (187B). Socrates responds that in order for one to know what true opinion is, he must also account for false opinion in the mind. Ultimately, while the dialogue produces no operative definition for knowledge, Plato employs this…

As far back as I can remember first impressions were of great significance because it’s during this time that one forms a mental image or an opinion about someone that they’ve just recently met. However, if first impressions depicted the correct image or true character of someone it would mean that the first impression that most people got after meeting my grandmother couldn’t be further from the truth. My grandmother would come across as cold or distant at first but then her true character…

aren’t people who like their beverage scalding hot or ice cold but rather at room temperature. There is a balance to things in their life and that is what they strive for. Aristotle also believed that happiness depends on how one follows correct virtues. He meant that a virtuous person has a born in disposition to behave the way they’re supposed to, for the right reason, and they have a sense of pride when they act this way. Some might think of this in different ways from the next person;…

consequences. This is wilful blindness. Millions are hoodwinked into supporting decadence and debauchery and abominable behaviour, and in particular homosexuality and abortion, all in the name of freedom of choice and still regard themselves as paragons of virtue. This is wilful…

David Fincher's Se7en, directed in 1995, is a noir thriller film that turns those traditional deadly sins into a force to be reckoned with. Se7en focuses on the realities of death than life. The plot revolves around two detectives on the hunt of a religious psychopath who embarks a crusade for God. Detective Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman, and his new replacement Detective Mills, Brad Pitt, are both introduced in a case of a man’s gruesome death. There is great imagery when connecting the…

The movie Seven is a 1995 mystery, psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film tells a story of a young detective, who pairs with a lead detective regrading occurrences of murders. The detectives quickly comprehend; they have a serial kill on their hands. The perpetrator targets individuals, who he judges to represent the seven deadly sins. Shortly, the detectives identify a man, who has checked out numerous books on the deadly sins. Following a brief encounter with the…

In David Fincther Seven, the story starts with two cops. One is about retire and the other new to the city. They investigate a series of murders which show that the killer has a theme for his doings. The killer John Doe, who we find out towards the end of the movie killing one person for every deadly sins which are gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride and lust which are seven in total. The killing start with an obsessed man who was forced to eat till his stomach explode. This gives the…

experience. Empathy could be a process through which one gets out of the box. Empathy versus sympathy can be explained through the following scenario. Imagine a guy walking down the street and suddenly five men attack him and start hitting him. A seven-footer man, apparently a fighter, passes by, so this guy shouts help. The fighter responds by telling him: “you have be fast and kick them between the legs to win” and he keeps walking. Another person passes by, seemingly a priest, so the guy…