Theology of Suffering: A Contrast To suffer means to submit or be forced to endure (something unpleasant); to endure death‚ pain‚ or distress. It is known to happen to everyone‚ that it is a part of this world that we live in and essentially‚ there is no escaping it. Looking at it through a scientific lens‚ the second law of thermodynamics helps with the definition. That the whole world is in a slow downward spiral into death and that is inescapable. Just the thought of this for some people
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Q: Do Parental Negligence Lead to Social Problem Among Youngters There is a statistic proves that juvenile delinquencies among the youngsters are alarming from year to year. It has been a huge polemic that always being debated by the leaders as everybody knows that the youngsters are the ones who will lead our nation in future. Yusuf Al-Qardhawi said that‚ “if we want to see the situation of our country in the future‚ just consider about our young generation”. There must be a main cause
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120 Days of Moral Deterioration: Pasolini’s SALÒ in the Misinterpretation of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality “Because we’re not their masters‚ even the most bizarre manias derive from a basic principle of refinement. Yes‚ old buggers. It’s a question of delicacy.” -The Bishop‚ in SALÒ or the 120 Days of Sodom “No festivity without cruelty; such is the lesson of the earliest‚ longest period in the history of mankind – and even in punishment there is so much that is festive!” -On
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Anthony Giagiari Mr. Dinely ENG2D1-06 April 26th‚ 2012 Philosophy in Julius Caesar William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a play containing many characters of many different personality types. Brutus and Cassius‚ considerably the two main characters of the play‚ are very different in their personalities‚ as well as the philosophies they claim to follow. These two characters can be shown to practice the philosophies of Stoicism and Epicureanism to an extent‚ and it can be shown that in the end
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Its weird how some people don’t question the things that are obvious to us. The things we see‚ how do we see it? What makes it visible to us? Is it only because we have eyes‚ or is there another factor. The great Aristotle explained it by having something in our eyes that emits “something” to an object and that’s why things are visible to us. Another question we could ask from our daily life is that how come we can hear? What is it that we hear? Why do we hear it and deaf people don’t? How do we
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The Breath of Death “Why should I fear death? If I am‚ death is not. If death is‚ I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?” (Epicurus). Death is an abstract concept that has been pondered towards for millennium. In Shakespeare’s brilliant work Hamlet‚ Shakespeare utilizes the character Hamlet to reflect transitions in life as death enters and absorbs one’s life. For most of the play Hamlet contemplates on the mysteriousness of death and its unknown because it has stayed distant
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Where Happiness Lies "Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don ’t find happiness‚ you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are‚ who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run." -David Leonhardt People can spend their entire lives searching to fill what they feel is that void of happiness. They will get lost in their own sense of time
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The study of human history is focused primarily on one aspect‚ the migration of people‚ equipment‚ and their ideas from one location in the world to another. When studying human history we often break it down into smaller and simpler parts such as battles‚ specific locations and trade routes‚ and the expansion or collapse of empires. However‚ by taking a step back to look at the bigger picture in human history we can begin to notice a common trend. Everything we can potentially discuss about our
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In this physical world‚ every person wants happiness and peace of mind (Singh & Modi‚ 2012). People want happiness because it appears as the underlying factor behind all of our desire (Gutierrez‚ 2012). For example‚ if people want to own a car‚ the basic reason behind it is to have the ability to move from one place to another. If we dig deeper‚ the reason of that ability appears to have the happiness of carrying family members. Pursuing happiness can be obtained in various ways‚ from the pursuit
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God handing Moses a tablet of commandments in establishing acceptable behavior. (In fact‚ sadomasochists are apt to feel more at home with religion given its occasional habits of authoritarianism and self-flagellation.) Nor does atheism encourage hedonism. The conviction that there is no cosmic justice can fuel a commitment to the cause of earthly justice. Atheism denies you the luxury of believing that the wrongs of this world
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