Reflecting on Wisdom Reflecting on Wisdom Arlene Acevedo PSY/220 December 11‚ 2013 Nekeyla Oliver My friend Lili is probably the only person who I could really turn to for advice and her wisdom and knowledge has always helped me through the rough times and the good times. I remember meeting Lili one day at school and asked if I could borrow a pencil from her during math class. When I returned it back she said I could have it but to try not to lose it since it is
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My Words of Wisdom We are all human beings who need to live together on the same earth‚ but different environments have different characteristics that can help us achieve goals. Some of us like to stay in the safe zone and enjoy the tranquil moments; some of us like to conquer the Neverland of our imagination and enjoy exciting moments; some of us with creative spirits enjoy taking extraordinary journeys. No matter which type of life we choose or which type characteristics we have‚ challenge always
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Freud and Nietzsche on Human Nature and Society After intensive analyzation of reading Civilization and It’s Discontents by Sigmund Freud and Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche‚ I feel as if both Freud and Nietzsche offered virtually identical views of human nature and of the society in which they lived. In my paper I intend to prove how this is so. The Freudian view of humanity is quite pessimistic. According to his ideology‚ people act only in order to satisfy their needs
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Tribal Wisdom David Maybury-Lewis David Maybury Lewis (1992) wonders if we‚ as Americans‚ by having systematically chosen to dismiss as ’odd ’‚ ’weird ’‚ and not the ’right ’ way to live; in our views of foreign tribal cultures‚ have been hoisted by our own petard. By using his definition of a tribal society (for which there really is no one single way of life): "small-scale‚ pre-industrial societies that live in comparative isolation and manage their affairs without central authority
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Mill and Nietzsche have different ideas on how people act towards their actions. Mill focuses on the end purpose of human behaviors to create happiness for a group of people rather than an individual happiness. He defines Utilitarianism as human’s actions that lead to happiness. Human’s desires either give pleasure or prevent pain to create happiness (Arthur & Scalet‚ 2009‚ p. 66). For Mill‚ the consequences of an action matter. As discussed in class‚ we could measure the quantity and quality of
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state‚ but always striving for something more. Humans strive toward becoming subjective. For Kierkegaard‚ life is a transformation from essential to existential. Nietzsche sees man similar to this‚ He calls man a “bridge" rather than an “end". The important part of a man is his potential. Man is striving‚ but for something different. Nietzsche says that for man Ubermensch‚ the ideal man or Superman‚ is the goal. It’s a representation of man at a constant battle to overcome itself. The Superman must
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Nietzsche is inherently polemic. This is a characterization that Nietzsche has applied to himself; the book that both informs‚ and is informed by every other book Nietzsche has written on the subject of revaluation of existing values‚ On the Genealogy of Morality‚ is subtitled simply A Polemic. It is clear that in this context‚ Nietzsche’s polemic is derived from the extent to which Nietzsche’s argument will invariably conflict with the existing system of valuation‚ to which the book is meant to
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In his essay “On Wisdom‚” Godlovitch discusses the notion of wisdom in a philosophical and cultural context. He begins his essay by defining philosophy as “the love of wisdom” as he was taught early in his studies‚ and by introducing the traditional Socratic definition of wisdom: “a humble admission of ignorance.” Godlovitch‚ unsatisfied with this definition‚ explores it further with his essay‚ going so far as to suggest that wisdom has little to do with philosophy to explain why philosophers seem
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Nine Characteristics of Wisdom from Above (James 3:17‚18) "But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); peace-loving‚ courteous (considerate‚ gentle); it is willing to yield to reason‚ full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straight forward; impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts‚ wavering and insincerity). And the harvest of righteousness (Of conformity to God’s will in thought and deeds) is the fruit of the seed sown in peace by those who work for and make
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Siddhartha: Wisdom and Knowledge Knowledge is information from teachings that can be changed and improved over time while wisdom is a timeless quality from personal experiences that is used to measure the capacity to see truth. Finding the relationship between these two topics is the central objective Hermann Hesse’s protagonist in Siddhartha strives for as he tries to reach Enlightenment. Siddhartha starts as a dissatisfied Brahmin who seeks for a new life style through the Samanas‚ who teach him
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