Thursday, March 24, 2011
Blog #5
In this excerpt from The Republic, Socrates is explaining a scenario in which people are unenlightened. In the story there are humans, possibly prisoners, chained to walls in an underground cave with little light protruding out of a hole. It is figured that these men, living in darkness the majority of their life; have not seen the true light of the sun. Granted if they have, they would face severe pain because the brightness that they could not see. When one man finally sees the light and tries to explain what he had seen, nobody believes him. The single individual represents En
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Blog numberr 3
I used to think Santa Claus was real
I used to believe in the tooth fairy
I used to want to be older because I thought it would be awesome.
As I child, I believed in far too many things that have proven to be untrue. The young mind can be easily manipulated with little to no effort. I believe it is the perceptions that we gain through media and the like.
When I was a child, I actually believed in Santa Claus. I believed he existed and it stayed like that till I was probably about 9 or 10 (late I know). I just thought about logic I guess. I figured it out all on my own. I just question why was the idea made up anyway. It didn’t really bother me much. Except for the fact that I can ruin other children’s childhoods by stating Santa isn’t real. I find it funny.
The tooth fairy probably was one of the things that I believed was real for quite some time. I enjoyed getting a dollar for every tooth that fell out. I caught my mother in the act though because I woke up in the middle of the night. Therefore I stopped believing. I also just simply figured out the fact that a dollar really isn’t worth much anymore.
I am pretty sure that I wasn’t the only child that thought being older was going to be awesome. Well I’m 18 now, and I finally realized that it is terrible, difficult, and not fun at all. But hey it isn’t all-bad. I am okay right now but not awesome.
There are several other things that many people believe in but are proven to be untrue. However, that would be for another debate.
I used to believe in the tooth fairy
I used to want to be older because I thought it would be awesome.
As I child, I believed in far too many things that have proven to be untrue. The young mind can be easily manipulated with little to no effort. I believe it is the perceptions that we gain through media and the like.
When I was a child, I actually believed in Santa Claus. I believed he existed and it stayed like that till I was probably about 9 or 10 (late I know). I just thought about logic I guess. I figured it out all on my own. I just question why was the idea made up anyway. It didn’t really bother me much. Except for the fact that I can ruin other children’s childhoods by stating Santa isn’t real. I find it funny.
The tooth fairy probably was one of the things that I believed was real for quite some time. I enjoyed getting a dollar for every tooth that fell out. I caught my mother in the act though because I woke up in the middle of the night. Therefore I stopped believing. I also just simply figured out the fact that a dollar really isn’t worth much anymore.
I am pretty sure that I wasn’t the only child that thought being older was going to be awesome. Well I’m 18 now, and I finally realized that it is terrible, difficult, and not fun at all. But hey it isn’t all-bad. I am okay right now but not awesome.
There are several other things that many people believe in but are proven to be untrue. However, that would be for another debate.
Blog 2 :D
Allegory of the Cave
In this excerpt, Socrates explains his logic in an example of a cave full of a number of slaves chained to the walls. One of the individuals are lucky enough to be able to see a light through a hole in the wall. He sees this and tries to tell the others about his great discovery. The other prisoners deny him and call him mad.
I think this represents the enlightened and the unenlightened like it was explained before. That one lucky prisoner to see the light. He was the one that was enlightened and the others were left in the dark. The dark cave represents the world, where as the prisoners represent every day people. And the majority of those prisoners/people are unenlightened. This shows that people need to be enlightened. If not, they will be left in the dark for the rest of their life. Not knowing what real life is.
In this excerpt, Socrates explains his logic in an example of a cave full of a number of slaves chained to the walls. One of the individuals are lucky enough to be able to see a light through a hole in the wall. He sees this and tries to tell the others about his great discovery. The other prisoners deny him and call him mad.
I think this represents the enlightened and the unenlightened like it was explained before. That one lucky prisoner to see the light. He was the one that was enlightened and the others were left in the dark. The dark cave represents the world, where as the prisoners represent every day people. And the majority of those prisoners/people are unenlightened. This shows that people need to be enlightened. If not, they will be left in the dark for the rest of their life. Not knowing what real life is.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Blog 1
My two selves
The public and private self: two sides that differ from each other on so many levels. They complement each other but also have too many ways to determine who I am. It can be difficult to distinguish what is my private self as opposed to what my public self is. To me I believe it really just depends on my comfort zone. I can act one way in one place and I can act a different way somewhere else.
One quality of my public self is me being quiet when I'm not in my comfort zone. I try to be as respectful as I can and not pass any boundaries that would be unacceptable. I act like my quiet self when I am in class or in the workplace. However, in contrast to my quiet trait, I am a very loud person when I am my private self. I show my private self in a number of places. It varies from being at parks, or in school hallways but it is always when I'm with my friends. I am very social and talkative person when I am my private self.
Another public self-quality is that I find myself boring and socially awkward. I try my best to make a conversation when I am uncomfortable but it usually falls flat. I don’t see this quality of myself to be an enjoyable person. In contrast, I love making jokes when I am my private self. I can do several voice impressions and I love making people laugh. It seems to be one of my finer qualities of my private self. I don’t see how this would be a bad thing in any way.
My final example of difference between my public and my private self is the way that I am quite lazy and sluggish when I'm my public self. I am not sure what the reason for that is. It could be the possible fact that I don’t have a desire to do much. Especially since I am alone. Therefore, my private self is the absolute opposite. I love to be active with my friends. I play sports (even though I am terrible at them) and I just have fun. I am more motivated as well ass enthusiastic about many things. I feel that is my best private self-quality.
I feel that in the matter of me being my public and private self, it all depends on my comfort zone. I need to be as comfortable as I can be in order to have me being my private self. I let several people see my private self because it is the way I am. I believe that it isn’t that bad of a problem. And I feel that I can go far expressing myself the way that I have been for so long.
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