In the year 1517, a German theologist by the name of Martin Luther had an opinion concerning the Catholic Church - he believed it to be wrong that they were supplying indulgences for an economic gain - and it was through this opinion of his that he was able to invoke a revolution and change what he thought to be wrong. Now some would say that this action was caused by reason - he thought that it was wrong, so he did something - while others would claim that …show more content…
From machines with their many parts to a rally of people, cooperation is when a collection of things come together in a state of harmony for the creation of something more, and the same idea applies to the mind. When thoughts and emotions come together, they can construct something they never could have done on their own, a solid conclusion. If only half of a machine were together, then they could not produce a product. If only half of a rally were together, then they would not have as great of an impact. And if only half of an opinion were together, then it would not have the full effect that it could.
Throughout the Theory of Knowledge course, students come to learn that despite there being four areas of knowledge, each one depends on the others to become balanced and checked, similar to how the United States government was established to be. This same idea can be utilized to show that thinking and feeling are not in two separate worlds because of how they flow together harmonically in opinions and by how dysfunctional they are without each …show more content…
The left being associated with logic, facts, and reasoning, while the right is associated with imagination, feelings, and compassion. People may use this to argue that Marcel Proust was right in his statement about the two worlds, however, they still work together. Marcel Proust stated that feelings and thoughts live as well as work in two separate worlds, but in reality they only live in separate worlds. The examples above concerning life threatening situations may have been drastic, but the same ideas apply for all situations - thoughts and emotions need to come together for a good conclusion to be made. If someone was trying to decide between three cones of ice cream - one of them being their favorite and ten dollars, one of them being their least favorite and five dollars, and the final one being their second favorite and seven dollars - then if they just listened to one side of their brain, then they would either pay an exorbitant amount of money or eat their least favorite flavor. By listening to both sides of the brain, then the reasonable conclusion to made to go with the seven dollar ice