Katie Bertelsen Hour 4 10/26/2013 Ignorance “Ignorance is bliss.” Many times I have thought this to be true. But now that we have read Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ I’m rethinking my thoughts on this idea. What if Oedipus was better off not knowing his true parents? Could this predicament have been avoided if Oedipus hadn’t known his “true calling” of killing his father and sleeping with his mother? His life‚ in my eyes‚ would have been better being ignorant. He would’ve lived a great and long life
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Sin is ignorance. This is well known Socratic definition of sin which‚ like everything Socratic‚ is an opinion always worthy of attention. The difficulty with the Socratic definition is that it leaves undetermined how ignorance itself is to be more precisely understood‚ the question of its origin‚ ect.<br><br>That is to say. even if sin be ignorance(or what Christianity would perhaps prefer to call stupidity)‚ which in one sense cannot be denied we have to ask‚ is this an original ignorance‚ it is
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Poverty is closer to Ignorance “Poverty and inequality always led to ignorance‚ and ignorance could not be diminished until and unless the actual steps to stop war and violence were taken‚” stated by Achin Vanaik from the article “Poverty‚ inequality always lead to Ignorance”. Poverty is when one has no money‚ support or food‚ therefore causes people to be poor. By being in poverty it feeds on being ignorant because it causes people to have a lack of learning and caring about others. Due to the
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suggested in the rhetoric of the chapter title‚ Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance. Though he explicitly states that black American’s ignorance is the cause for their perilous subordination‚ Walker’s description of ignorance is not simply the nature of bewilderment that the white Americans adopt and enforce throughout the illogical system of slavery. Rather‚ Walker is referring to African Americans’ ignorance of their God-ordained nature that craves freedom. Walker expands on this notion
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Children forced to make adult decisions is a major theme in Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron‚” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning.” Sylvia and Sarty are the children in their respective stories‚ and they behave accordingly. However‚ when forced to make a choice‚ both are faced with a fork in the road. On one side of the fork is the path towards family happiness‚ and minimal repercussion upon themselves; the other path is that of the righteous‚ the good‚ and the caring. Children are not usually
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it was a hobby. Most people didn’t realize how their actions affected their children‚ neighbourhood and city. Michael Moore portrayed the ignorance within the American people on not only the topic of firearms but also in racism‚ media and world view. The viewer was able to watch while one topic unfolded into the next. The problem Americans faced was ignorance. They understood they had this right and wanted to exercise it. It was interesting how the topic of guns created more questions
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candidates. Third‚ Rawls’ principles are applicable principles because it does not reject western society’s modern economic system. Fourth‚ it encourages businesses to help improve the lives of the least fortunate members of society. Under the Veil of Ignorance‚ Rawls asks us to imagine what rules we would want to exist in the world‚ assuming that we do not know what kind of life we would have in the world. For example‚ it assumes that we do not know how we will look like‚ how much money will we have‚ or
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is astonishing (not necessarily in a good way) that societies over a thousand years apart can have the same issues in their government and society. First up‚ let’s talk about the "identity" portion of the recording. The similarities of cultural ignorance in the Ancient Rome and America is almost scary; we do not even know about how other countries function or even where they are even when we have the knowledge readily available to us.The Roman’s lack of knowledge was a factor in their demise as a
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Blood-Burning Moon: Similarities within Police Brutality Blood-Burning Moon presented the notion of racism in the south that is heavily prevalent today. The story focuses on a love affair similar to Bona and Paul. Bob Stone a white husband is married to his white wife who is in love with an African-American man. Eventually‚ the wife’s lover kills her husband after being attacked and the town goes ballistic. The fuming and bigoted townsmen hunt Tom Burnwell down as if he is an animal and set him
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The theme of Prejudice is very powerful in “Coming of Age In Mississippi”‚ the obvious white vs. blacks but also light-skinned blacks vs. dark skinned blacks. The power of prejudice created a barrier for Anne Moody and affected her identity‚ especially when she is about to attend college. She contemplates going to Tougaloo College because of the fear of not fitting in with all of the light-skinned blacks and white teachers. It is almost like she is putting herself at a lower point than everyone else
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