Stoicism

Rustic Pathways is an organization that provides high school students with opportunities to work on international service projects as well as allowing students to see their ability to change and impact more than their everyday world. The school I attend requires all sophomores and juniors to complete a 70-hour internship during the summer before junior and senior year as well as travel abroad once before graduation, so Rustic Pathways seemed perfect for killing two birds with one stone. But what…

Gender is learnt through socialisation as part of the rules and conventions shared by a culture to generate meaning. Many of the rules and conventions that dominate Western society emphasis dichotomies, good or bad, black or white, and gender: masculinity or femininity (Beck, 1998). Masculinity and femininity as separate and distinct gender identities are constructed through the performance of and repetition of ‘gendered’ acts. Over time gendered performances have become embedded in the…

Development of the Individual Everything that has happened today has been based off of what happened yesterday. The past has developed the present and created an environment that has allowed advancements. Through the centuries of mankind, there has been significant ideas and thoughts that have changed and evolved. This can be seen in ideas such as the individual. The individual has dramatically changed through the ages and developed mankind into what we know today. This essay will examine…

venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Justin Martyr was born in the Roman city of Flavia Neapolis (today Nablus) in A.D. 100. He was born to Pagan parents. He converted to Christianity around A.D. 130. While growing up St. Justin learnt about Stoicism, Pythagoreanism, and Platonism. Other than being a Martyr, he was also a Philosopher and Apologist. He argued that pagan philosophy is not entirely wrong but is a partial understanding of the truth and serves as a “schoolmaster to bring us to…

During this semester my way of viewing reading and understanding them has definitely been tested. I feel that the goal of this class was to show us how many beliefs are connected. Whether they are of Greek, Roman, or Gospel backgrounds. The way we transitions from each reading, and were required to bring it all together during our discussions really help me get a better understand of these readings. I would define the learning structure of this class as Platonic. It was evident that a dialectic…

The book I read was Always Running by Luis Rodrigues. The book was published in 1993 and it a memoir. This genre is set in America during the 1960’s to 1970’s, more specifically it is set in Los Angeles. Most of the book highlights gang life and inequalities in America, such as housing inequalities, racism and education. However, in the later of the book it focusses on the Chicano movement during the 1970’s. A common theme in Always running besides gang life is police brutality. In one of the…

“The relationship between the individual and nature can either result in meaningful connections or a source of conflict.” Henry Lawson, an Australian author, employs extensive imagery to create an Australian story. His writing engages the audience with the elements of Australia and narratives of surviving in the relentless and inhospitable environment. In order to co-exist with the nature, individuals may have to surrender their identity as well as luxuries, to develop protection against the…

Lucian of Samosata is well known to be the Supreme Ancient Greek Satirist and one of the most famous satirists in European history. He was born at Samosata (Samsat), a small town in the Adyman Province of Turkey on the Euphrates during the Ancient Roman Era. When Lucian was 14 years of age, he began working on his uncle’s statue shop as an apprentice sculptor. When he was on his early apprenticeship he accidentally broke a marble by striking it too hard with his chisel and his uncle gave him…

Albert Einstein is famously quoted, “all religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom." In the same fashion, Aldous Huxley illustrates the role of religion in modern society in his novel, Brave New World. The plot centers around the World State, a utopian society that has seemingly relinquished all the ramifications of…

is a horrible person, however, he leaves himself an opening for redemption. One of course being that Darnay, who still represents a part of him, is a wholly ideal man. The second, is that in the end, Sydney Carton becomes a man with bravery and stoicism to rival the likes of Darnay. So in the end, Dickens is not portraying himself as a drunkard with limited redeeming qualities, but actually a quite respectable and honorable man if there ever was…