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What power do other people have over each others’ destinies? Every day, people are surrounded by their friends, family or coworkers who each have their own life views and opinions. Opinions are not based off of fact or knowledge. Opinions are based off of emotion....
Choices
Fate
1021 words | 2 Pages
Are we free? We feel free. We think and act to our own volition, but are we? We feel that our actions and beliefs are from our own choosing and understanding in our environment. However, can our actions be determined by past events. Like in...
Free Will
Personal Philosophy
1073 words | 2 Pages
Based on what I have read, the world has undergone rapid and profound changes in 2100 which before this we just imagine and predict the future but never expect it will happen. 2020 and years below, the world still struggling with the machine revolution and...
Future
1608 words | 4 Pages
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were two philosophical political theorists whose ideas regarding human nature and the social contract between man and government were shaped by their life experiences and positions in 17th century England and Europe. These experiences gave each man differing views on...
Human Nature
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
691 words | 2 Pages
Many people have suffered from financial and economic problems throughout the globe. The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has sparked this trend. The magazine is known throughout the world. The UBI is an actual cash payment for all people (2016), the economist states....
Future
Universal Basic Income
598 words | 1 Page
Where I See Myself In 10 Years Where do you see yourself in 10 years, in 20 years, or in 30 years? This is the topic of my essay. As a lady in her twenties, I have dwell on this question a few times in...
Future
Personal Life
3272 words | 7 Pages
Introduction In his fantasy work, Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov invites the reader to consider the philosophical ideal of what it means to be a human being. Asimov intertwines the impartiality of science and the irrationality of emotions by creating a “living” android character set in a “normal”...
Bicentennial Man
Human Nature
1474 words | 3 Pages
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is a philosophical essay written in 1942 that addresses the question of whether life is worth living through. From the perspective of the author, people share a similar path to the Greek hero Sisyphus, moving a boulder up...
Albert Camus
Meaning of Life
The Myth of Sisyphus
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Albert Camus studied the philosophy of the absurd and decided that, to him, the most important philosophical question was “why not commit suicide?” In “The Myth of Sisyphus: An Absurd reasoning” (1942), he discusses his thoughts on the answer to this question. He considers the...
Albert Camus
Meaning of Life
The Myth of Sisyphus
1282 words | 3 Pages
There are many reasons why the tale of “The Myth of Sisyphus” is important to Albert Camus, for one, it is an allegory for what it means to be human. Camus expertly dissects Sisyphus’ existence and relates it to three final consequences of human life...
Albert Camus
Meaning of Life
The Myth of Sisyphus
1024 words | 2 Pages
Today, we find ourselves striving to find meaning in our lives by attending university, finding a career, and making enough money to live comfortably. Some may say that life is worth living because of this search. Others, such as Albert Camus, claim that our life...
Albert Camus
Meaning of Life
The Myth of Sisyphus
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Socrates would have responded to Kierkegaard’s assertions that; the most important truth is radically individualistic and subjective, that conversing rationally leads nowhere, that faith is the only solution to the problem of happiness, and that faith transcends and even rescinds morality, by questioning what the...
Kierkegaard
Socrates
Truth
1627 words | 4 Pages
Søren Kierkegaard was considered the father of philosophy, theology, and existentialism. His philosophical ideas conflicted with those of Hegel. Kierkegaard believed that reason with its clarity and objectivity could not be implemented in the concrete reality of humanity. “Whether Kierkegaard was influenced by the nineteenth-century...
Existentialism
Free Will
Kierkegaard
1384 words | 3 Pages
Kierkegard has many beliefs and ideas. One of those being that truth is subjectivity. The truth of subjectivity can be defined in many ways in ones eyes. For instance, truth as subjectivity (and reality) is his definition of faith. Kierkegaard’s definition of truth is, ‘An...
Existentialism
Kierkegaard
Truth
1405 words | 3 Pages
It is debatable whether our fate is in our own hands or whether it is governed by a higher power. There is a widely held Christian belief that fate is in the hands of God. In “Invictus”, W. E Henley, claims that we are the...
Fate
Invictus
Poetry
1381 words | 3 Pages
Is evil the product of a misguided choice or the outcome of lacking moral concept? Hannah Arendt, an author of many texts including Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, was born in Hanover, Germany. She escaped Nazi Germany in 1933 to...
Good and Evil
Hannah Arendt
Political Philosophy
1254 words | 3 Pages
On violence by Hannah Arendt is an interesting reflection on History and Politics. In this brief but substantial essay, Hanna Arendt analyzes the historical facts of the sixties including/relating and comparing them within the context of the most important events of the 20th century. The...
Hannah Arendt
Human Nature
Political Philosophy
1567 words | 3 Pages
The world is Spiritual. Most people believe to some extent of an external power or force, whether that be God, a ghost or even destiny. For example, Muslims believe in Allah, Christians believe in Jesus, Jewish people believe in God. If you boil it all...
Fate
879 words | 2 Pages
Destiny is something to which a person or thing is destined. Destiny implies that there is some power which acts or determines the course of events beforehand. Some people might think that their destiny is already set out for them. However, destiny is something that...
Fate