Essays on Philosophy of Life

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...

When you bring up world poverty it always seems to depress people, yet they go eat out once a week and they buy things that they do not even need. Do people really care about world poverty, if they are willing to spend unnecessary on...

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...

Abstract The Chicago speech held in September 11, in the year of 1893 in Chicago in America. In this speech he describe about the religious thoughts of Indians to American. Also he explains the religious thoughts concept through a small story. He started his speech...

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,...

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 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...

The Self As we learned in earlier weeks, there are two views on the self. The avocado view and the artichoke view. As we all know An avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone....

In a second level of analysis of the depiction of the Divine, a question begins to arise; That of which elements form the presence of a superior entity, with multiple, throughout history, identities, that imposes order in all its forms. Whilst Medieval or Renaissance painters...

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...

“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?...

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...

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...

For you it was love at first sight – from the moment you set your eyes on him, you haven’t stopped fantasizing of being the lady in his life. Yet, with every move you make to get his attention, it seemed like he had other...

Introduction Life is at its best unpredictable; characterized by many highs and lows. Nevertheless, each of the events whether a low or high leave us with more experience and better informed. While every event in life is of the significant learning experience, some touching incidents...

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...

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...

What kind of world would you formulate if you were conscious before you were born, but you didn’t know the circumstances you would be born into? Philosopher John Rawls uses this thought experiment to argue for the moral responsibility of creating a just world. He...