Touching the Void

Epicurus' Famous Proclamation on Happiness Epicurus was a Greek philosopher who believed in Atomism a theory in which the universe and its internal items are infinite in the number of atoms it contains, he believed this theory is the basic approach to understanding a true reality. Happiness was a subject Epicurious focused heavily on, he discussed the school of thought Hedonism which believes the way to an ideal life is through pleasures, for example, foods, sex, and alcohol as the highest…

Unconscionable and Unenforceable After a period of time, Walker has fallen behind on payments and is now in collections, her granddaughter has composed a letter in Walker’s behalf, stating that the entire deal is unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. In contract law an unconscionable contract is one that is unjust or extremely one-sided in favor of the person who has the superior bargaining power. Courts find that unconscionable contracts usually result from the exploitation of consumers…

Nothing is Needed for Something Many people judge their success on how much they have and the material possessions around them; Ernest Hemingway, however, believes people must accept they are nothing to achieve true success and happiness. Nothingness is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but it becomes more clear with age what nothingness means. People also often do not want to accept or believe they are nothing in the world. Most believe they have a specific purpose and are in some way…

In my view there were two scenarios in this case and they are based on when the rental agreement started. To explain, the first scenario would be that Grant Borman started renting the crane when it left the Allied site. On the other hand, the second one considers that Borman would only start paying for the rent when the crane arrives at his construction venue. As a result, the unjust enrichment of the third party (Crosstown) could have occurred either over the temporary possession of crane by…

else that could fill the void. Overall the work depicts these characters as ones…

supervisor was out on disability and I had to conduct the investigation. I located the person who voided the transaction to find out the reason behind it as well as, to notify the accounting office of the problem. In the past, we were only able to void the transaction by the end of the day of a payment. After contacting one of the supervisors from the accounting office, I was informed that in EPIC a payment could be voided up to a year. Each department was advised to refund any transaction on…

namely our own ego with its whims and preferences. The idea that all is void is an antidote to this way of approaching life. Our world is a reflection of our heart, and if we approach the world as comparison of good or bad, then the world will become that for us. We will find ourselves in a competition. We always want to be better than the others. We want higher score, better education, more reputations and respects. All is void is to say that the world is not really like this. It is to see…

from Touching the Void is a risk taker, and he gambled lowering himself down to the bottom of the ice pit. This was a tough decision for him to make because he would be going deeper instead of making his way up. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to have found a way out. If he had not taken the risk, however, he may have uselessly continued to struggle to climb upwards, perhaps without ever being able to escape. Similarly, when Aron Ralston…

memories of the home they left halfway across the world. "As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45 caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded." The emotion is like a dark void when O’Brien describes what gear the men along with Lieutenant Cross…

characters in what they should be shown as, by how they react to life changing events leading to the characters proving Absurdism’s main beliefs, the search for meaning in life leads to the realization that life has no meaning or the act of filling up the void with other things. To begin Raymond, the neighbor of Meursault (the main character) in The Stranger, abuses his girlfriend…