Essays on Philosophy of Life

Happiness is one of the most desired goals in life, yet for many it seems to be elusive. It’s easy to take in ourselves into thinking, “When I just have that nice house and new car, then I can be happy.” But in reality, happiness...

According to Austin positive law has three main features :it is a type of command. It is laid down by a political sovereign. It is enforceable to sanction. The connection of greater to inferior consist for Austin in the power which the former enjoy over...

I never thought that being intelligent could be so draining and make me feel so empty. Ever since I was little, I’ve wanted to make a change in the world. I wanted to do something to impact the lives of those around me and to...

The impermanence of everyday life is complex. It is stated over and over in this linear movement of life with a variety of constants and variables. What is the ‘everyday’? Why is it important to understand it? The term may be attached to other terms...

Supernatural was a show that first aired on September 13, 2005. The show mainly focuses on two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, who face terrible circumstances as they hunt monsters, demons, and angels. Violent memories and harsh throwbacks are a burden on the two brothers...

The writer is a student in Medicine and Public Health at Cornell University, New York (USA). Iqbal’s Philosophy of Khudi M. Irfan Iqbal throughout history, prophets, poets and philosophers have appeared to remind human beings of their true nature — a nature that consists of...

Throughout history, humanity has developed various tools to achieve personal evolution and enlightenment to varying degrees of success. One such philosophy that has gained significant traction in popular discourse is the Law of Attraction, which posits that energies attract to like energies, theoretically making it...

The parallel and overall relation of time is a phenomenon that has been explored from both creative and philosophical perspectives. By forming a connection between the impacts of action, in hand with the various possible outcomes, Tom Stoppard creates a dramatic piece that challenges the...

The Cosmological argument is ‘a posteriori’ – it is reliant upon and fits with our experience of the world around us, with our own experience of causal chains provoking questions over how we, and the universe as a whole, came to be. The aim of...

In terms of philosophy, prostitution is defined as a means for a person to amplify their financial consumption or in additional terminologies ‘benefits’ by trading something that they have easily available, in this case, their bodies. It is often commonly recognized that prostitution is immoral,...

Nature is the embodiment of science and mathematics. From Valentine’s grouse to Thomasina’s leaf to human interactions, mathematics transcend the boundaries of mere numbers and symbols to create patterns that function to explain the universe. Yet, paradoxically, the most constant form of nature is its...

Feng Shui (or Wind and Water) is the practice of arranging your environment so that energy flows gently and smoothly through your home or business environment. In this way your space just feels good – and supports what you want out of life whether it’s...

The definition of a fallacy is a false or mistaken idea based on faulty knowledge or reasoning. “Rhetorical fallacy is a type of fallacy that doesn’t allow ideas to be communicated through back and forth communication but rather distracts the reader with appeals instead of...

Although Epictetus’s Handbook consists of only fifty-three points, it manages to convey clearly the main ideas of Stoicism and how to act based on those principles. Despite the fact that reading all of the points in the Handbook is important in order to get a...

Culture is a group’s way of life that is passed from one generation to the next. It is what people make, think, value, and do to ensure their existence. It determines what is appropriate to eat, drink, wear, and much more. However, it is not...

The aim of slow living is to slow down and connect with life. Slow living first started as ‘Slow Food’ in 1986 in Italy as a response to the growing number of fast-food chain restaurants. The definition ‘Slow Fashion’ was first mentioned by Kate Fletcher...

Though brief and comedic, Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit” offers great insight into the basic ideas of his existentialist philosophy. The commonplace setting of the work and the diversity of the basic character types allude to the applicability of the themes to reality. The main...

Idealism is philosophical system. In philosophy, idealism is a long-established tradition. The roots of idealism are embedded deep down in history of philosophy, stretched from beginning and extended to present. Idealism can be seen as a system within the field of metaphysics. One might ask...

This pandemic brought a lot of negative things not only in the surroundings but to people itself. Though there are lots of brave people out there, fighting to win against this pandemic, here I am, lurking in the corner wondering about my purpose in life....

Robert Hooke was an English natural philosopher who was born in July 28, 1635, but passed on in March 3, 1703. Robert Hooke is most known for Hooke’s Law, Microscopy, and coining the word “cell”. Robert Hooke was born in Freshwater on England’s Isle of...

According to Dweck, “Many students believe that intelligence is fixed, that each person has a certain amount, and that’s that.” All that really means is people don’t realize that you aren’t just born good at something. Throughout my school career, until college, I always had...

Questioning the concept of time is puzzling but has been vital for the field of metaphysics over the years. There are two prevailing theories which attempt to define the true nature of time, presentism and eternalism. This essay will explore how eternalism succeeds at describing...

Frederick Douglass implied in his Narrative, that humans must create their own destiny. He expressed this philosophy in his writing and understood this assumption very well, as he himself was a s. Douglass expresses his belief on destiny by using examples from his former life...

In Plato’s five dialogues specifically in the Euthyphro and the Apology, Plato is using the characters in order to draw out the overarching definition of philosophy and the practice of it. In the Euthyphro, Socrates exemplifies how tough the practice of philosophy can be even...

Liminal time exists in the cracks in our lives and the cracks in the life of the world that lie between the passing of the old and the coming of the new. Of course, there are other ways of looking at the world, ways that...

Horace’s philosophy of life, I believe, can be summed up quite effectively by this line on his poem Gather Ye Rosebuds, addressed to Leuconoe: “This day’s thine own, the next may be denied”. Horace is all about finding fulfilment in life through enjoyment of “the...

“The world has enough for everybody’s needs, but not every man’s greed. ”Industrial revolution changed the way people lived – automation and growth in science and technology has led to a better living standard for people, in general. But how costly has this development been?...

Buddha felt that nothing was really permanent. He asked himself what is this life like? Buddha thus conveyed his message to his father, wife and son. They gave no importance to religious rituals. He tried to find out why the brain was engaged. He added...

In this paper I shall briefly define what induction is and attempt to explain David Hume’s problem of induction through examining the thre most common problems of induction, which are, the problem of the uniformity of nature, the problem of cause-and-effect reasoning and the problem...

Coming from CHIJ Secondary School, our motto was to promote love and this influenced me to spread joy and positivity. Typically, being in an all girls’ school translates to open expressions of appreciation and love to friends where we give little notes and gifts to...