Transcendence

Dickinson, who grew up in a Puritan environment, rejected many core tenants of Christianity such as sin and damnation, and her idea of eternity greatly diverged from the typical materialistic view of Heaven. However, she also did not conform to the tenants of Transcendentalism as her emphasis on the incomprehensibility of one’s spirituality and after-life clashed with the traditional belief in the full participation and absolute knowledge of the universe. As witnessed in much of her poetry,…

Kabuliwala, a friend Life unfolds many mysteries one being someone people who come into the lives of others as an angel. Did you meet anyone like that in your life? Mini a small girl was one for a Kabuliwala called Rahim. Kabuliwala is a story written during the early 20th century showing the difference of opinions about caste, character and personality. Rabindranath by using Mini and an Afghan Kabuliwala Rehmun, portrays how society labels the people, how Mini being innocent enough was unable…

The narrative of Steppenwolf, is the story of a long spiritual journey that almost everyone can relate to. I believe that each person searches, either for their entire lives, or for a specific point in their lives, for their authentic selves and endeavors to discover who they really are. In the novel, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, Harry Haller (Steppenwolf), is eager to determine who he really is. Throughout the novel, Harry is searching for a way to deal with all the loneliness, stress and…

Walt Whitman is widely recognized as one of America’s leading nature poets. His wide-ranging description of the “voluptuous coolbreathed earth” (“Song of Myself” line 439) in his lyrical works suggests both the poet’s respect for the natural world and his transcendentalist belief in the world’s unity in diversity. Whitman comes to a more complete and fulfilling grasp of his humanity through the various poetic discourses evident in his poetry. The first concerns a discourse between the internal…

People think that their children naturally accumulate knowledge when they have access to high quality education. Actually, the higher education gives a possibility for them to grow and to develop themselves, when they know what needs to be improved. However, the education does not guarantee their growth and development when they do not acknowledge their weaknesses. Knowing one’s weakness is indispensable for developing or overcoming it. In the novel of Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray,…

As we hear, we are white privilege people who get to do things maybe others don’t get to do. There are things that I, as a white person, have never even thought of that people of other races view as privileges to whites. A few examples of these privileges are dealing with cops more easily, can talk and teach race without it causing huge problems, higher chance of getting a job, English is the main language, the majority of people are white, band aids are flesh color to, and biggest thing overall…

If you were to ask someone whether winning an Academy Award or a Nobel prize is better, a lot of people would be divided and a lot of people would be confused, and would go on to decide based on their own personal preference as opposed to actually analyzing it. That’s why asking this question is near impossible to figure out. What is the greatest honor? Let’s begin by looking at challenges and achievements a human being can achieve that are worthy of honor. First, the physical ones. Being…

Albert Camus' The Stranger presents to the reader the character of Meursault who one might describe as an absurd hero. However, the contemporary definition of the absurd as untrue, illogical, or ridiculous is not what is being referred to. Rather, the characteristic of being an absurd hero refers to the acceptance of the Absurd or Absurdist philosophy, a philosophy which requires differentiation from existentialism, which it is often confused with. Meursault’s acceptance of this philosophy is…

The Psychology of Thomas Aquinas Having acknowledged the fuzziness of the boundaries between what we now recognize as the separate disciplines of religion, philosophy, and psychology, one must admit that Aquinas’s extensive writings nevertheless delved deeply into psychological subjects. The Scholastic movement, beginning in 1150 with Peter Lombard’s Four Volumes of Opinion—an effort to align human reason with the high value placed on faith during the papacy-dominated middle ages—did not reach…

The top two tiers of the pyramid: self-actualization needs and self-transcendence needs, are prime examples of intrinsic motivation because these things often drive out internal motivation. Also, as a college student I am experiencing self-actualization by going to school for my dream job. Research for this article was conducted…