Through reason, triumph.
One must evaluate emotions carefully. Following them blindly will get you or someone else hurt and in trouble, since your emotions don’t tell you the truth. Emotions only tell you what something subjectively means to you, which means they’re based upon your preconceptions, whether those preconceptions are right or wrong. For example, depressed or suicidal Read More …
Emotions are present constantly throughout our lives. They come as seeming absolutes, as though they tell you how the world is. Some people put a lot of stock into emotions, saying they’re the only things one should follow. Yet, people try to drum up excitement at games and people try to cure themselves of their Read More …
The Aeneid is an epic poem written by Virgil around 25 BC, in which the travels of Aeneas, the Trojan prince, after the fall of Troy are described. It details the events and people that may have led to the founding of Rome and its subsequent empire. The story is clearly a dramatization that is Read More …
Matthew 7:15-7:20 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot Read More …
A popular refrain in philosophy is that you can’t get an ought from an is. However, oughts are fundamentally shaped by what is. Ethics is ultimately determined by metaphysics and epistemology (metaphysics are our fundamental assumptions about what is and epistemology is how you know it). Metaphysics and epistemology are the most antecedent assumptions that Read More …
Matthew 5:43-5:48: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain Read More …
Altruism is defined in the Oxford English dictionary as “the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.“ We are to give of ourselves to others for their sake, without expecting any benefit for ourselves. This ethic is held by most people in the world today, and they don’t Read More …
Do you look up to the ideas of Jesus Christ or the Christian God? What sort of person or entity do you think you’re emulating? Although they’re not the only examples of it, Jesus and God are supposed supernatural entities that we’re supposed to morally follow. However, is it realistic to use the standard of Read More …
How important are your enemies in your life? Do they take up most of your thought? Enemies are a part of life whether we want them to be or not. People hold extremely divergent ideas from ours, and that leads them to commit acts that harm our own values. Combatting enemies is a part of Read More …
Do you find life too hard? Do you ever wonder why life is a struggle? Passivity may seem like it has a place in the world because of the rest we daily engage in and the relative ease our parents may give us in our childhood. It may seem like this is the way life Read More …