Right now i'm on the train thinking about a birthday gift to get for my
bff's birthday. Now i just can't buy something, anything with out
thinking of it first. Now while thinking of this, i'm thinking to myself
is what i'm going to make her or get her and existence before it's
essence. Well I'm thinking of it, which means the thought of it is
causing it to exist. (Now i know what i'm going to make her, i can't say
it on here because she might be reading it =).) Anyway when i make her
gift, then it will grow it's essence. So therefore when Banach states
how Sarte believes "Existence proceeds Essence", it's a true statement.
How would it be possible for the gift to get it's nature, traits and
colors if it was just a thought.
Furthermore, the statement to me seems to make logical sense because as we grow as individuals, we still learn more about ourself. Everyday we take in something new and either change it, or expand from it. As for myself, i'm still finding out who i am. I was always the type of person to never take criticism well because i felt others were going against me or i thought they were wrong. Now will someone say that's my essence? I believe not because as of now, i adore criticism because instead of thinking negative about it, i take it in and learn. How else will i develop if you keep telling me something is good? I will never have a challenge. So can you say that's my new essence? I'm a human being (existing) still, developing things about myself (Essence) which proves Sartre's perspective.
Now i changed my view of criticism after realizing how great of an impact it can be rather then a negative view. The way i am is by observing what i see and determining if i like or dislike it, or if i should value it more or less then something else. Therefore i do learn from others but i wouldn't say they make me who i am. At the end of the day i'm the one making the decision, so i do agree when he states sarte says, "Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself." This reminds me of people who are always blaming something on someone else. No one told them to make the decisions they made. Your life is how you make it. There are people who have had bad child hoods but that doesn't mean you need to do the same the same to your child. Your life is how you make it! Simple.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Comments to h.w #1
Christina,
You got a good post. A lot of punchlines emphasizing the fact that we all really don't know how one another feels. I sometimes hate that line to, :i know how you feel" and you are right. People do say it so the other person doesn't feel lonely. Your idea i feel is similar to mines, how we don't know how they feel but we have been through the experience. Some people may hurt more then others or be more happy then some one else. You bring up a good idea about categorizing our feelings. I have never thought about that. I feel people do that so they can feel different in their own way. Maybe you should look deeper into that. Look at the situation in both a positive and negative aspect. You have great ideas and i cant wait to see how your thoughts start developing through out the year.
Henry,
I love your post, especially when you say, "I would think about how I had no idea if the world I saw was the same as the world everybody else saw." When i was i always had them same thoughts. I guess all kids do at the age which is something people don't realize. Basically our life is an imagination. We really won't know if we see what others see. I like how you brought in in that fact because it made me more observant. When i look at things now, i might just change the color of it. That thought really has we wondering right now. I think you should really go more in depth about the images we portray .I would love to see how your thoughts start developing on that aspect. Great post!
You got a good post. A lot of punchlines emphasizing the fact that we all really don't know how one another feels. I sometimes hate that line to, :i know how you feel" and you are right. People do say it so the other person doesn't feel lonely. Your idea i feel is similar to mines, how we don't know how they feel but we have been through the experience. Some people may hurt more then others or be more happy then some one else. You bring up a good idea about categorizing our feelings. I have never thought about that. I feel people do that so they can feel different in their own way. Maybe you should look deeper into that. Look at the situation in both a positive and negative aspect. You have great ideas and i cant wait to see how your thoughts start developing through out the year.
Henry,
I love your post, especially when you say, "I would think about how I had no idea if the world I saw was the same as the world everybody else saw." When i was i always had them same thoughts. I guess all kids do at the age which is something people don't realize. Basically our life is an imagination. We really won't know if we see what others see. I like how you brought in in that fact because it made me more observant. When i look at things now, i might just change the color of it. That thought really has we wondering right now. I think you should really go more in depth about the images we portray .I would love to see how your thoughts start developing on that aspect. Great post!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
(Response to Part 1) Ethics Of Absolute Freedom
Last night I had an argument with a friend of mine. I tried to explain how I felt about the situation that caused me to get upset. It just seemed as she or anyone couldn't understand my view but me. It didn't matter how clear I explained my thought process and the reason for them, I realized at that moment no one would really understand the feelings i have, neither would I fully understand theirs.
After reading the first section, first paragraph i thought this passage would be extremely non-sense, saying something totally different from what i read. This statement:
Made me change my interpretation of his lecture. At first my reaction was, whoa I don't think we're alone at all. We have our friends, family, significant others and everyday people we say hi and bye to. We have people we go to when things get tough because if we didn't, many people will be depressed and might explode with anger. So how can I be alone? I thought about that statement again instead of me being so defensive. We really are alone in this world because he is right; we are the ones who feel a feeling. No one will be able to feel the EXACT same way as you. All you can do is try to explain it well and hope they are on the same level as you.
But Then again I disagree with Banach because there was a time where I had lost my mother's trust and my best friend had the same situation. I knew how she felt because i experienced the same thing so therefore i think people are able to know the feeling of how one's feel. Maybe not exactly but they are very familiar with it. So the thought of being alone in the world is something i disagree and agree with. It's something i will consider through out my life though. Something that did run across my mind more then usual is the idea of what people see.
When Banach stated the following:
I was glad he spoke up on it because now i know there are people who have the same thoughts as me. (This relates to "being alone". This just proved everyone is not alone because i had the same thoughts as him meaning we are both together mentally). The only way to know for a fact that what we see is the same presented in another mind is by taking a picture with our eyes, which is impossible to do unless we are robots. There is no way to know for sure. When Marco said we are able to describe what we see verbally but not our imagery, i automatically thought about physics. When describing motion you need to compare the object in relative to another. So according to the law of physics, when one does an experiment, they will get the same results. So with the images being portrayed with our senses, if we compare it to another, it will always be a fact, therefore we know that person is seeing what we see. It may not be exactly but i think it's a better way to identify what we see and know someone see's it too, instead of just saying "oh that's green." Like Mr. Manley said, that green might be blue to someone else but with it described with facts, it will ALWAYS be presented the same to others.
QUESTIONS:
Is he being biased? How do we know he is correct and not just stating
his opinions like we are?
After reading the first section, first paragraph i thought this passage would be extremely non-sense, saying something totally different from what i read. This statement:
"When you think of it, each of us is alone in the world. Only we feel our pains, our pleasures, our hopes, and our fears immediately, subjectively, from the inside,"
Made me change my interpretation of his lecture. At first my reaction was, whoa I don't think we're alone at all. We have our friends, family, significant others and everyday people we say hi and bye to. We have people we go to when things get tough because if we didn't, many people will be depressed and might explode with anger. So how can I be alone? I thought about that statement again instead of me being so defensive. We really are alone in this world because he is right; we are the ones who feel a feeling. No one will be able to feel the EXACT same way as you. All you can do is try to explain it well and hope they are on the same level as you.
But Then again I disagree with Banach because there was a time where I had lost my mother's trust and my best friend had the same situation. I knew how she felt because i experienced the same thing so therefore i think people are able to know the feeling of how one's feel. Maybe not exactly but they are very familiar with it. So the thought of being alone in the world is something i disagree and agree with. It's something i will consider through out my life though. Something that did run across my mind more then usual is the idea of what people see.
When Banach stated the following:
"When you look at the person next to you (contemplating how their rear-end feels), do you really see them as they are on the inside or feel what they feel? You see only the image of them that is presented to your mind through your senses,"
I was glad he spoke up on it because now i know there are people who have the same thoughts as me. (This relates to "being alone". This just proved everyone is not alone because i had the same thoughts as him meaning we are both together mentally). The only way to know for a fact that what we see is the same presented in another mind is by taking a picture with our eyes, which is impossible to do unless we are robots. There is no way to know for sure. When Marco said we are able to describe what we see verbally but not our imagery, i automatically thought about physics. When describing motion you need to compare the object in relative to another. So according to the law of physics, when one does an experiment, they will get the same results. So with the images being portrayed with our senses, if we compare it to another, it will always be a fact, therefore we know that person is seeing what we see. It may not be exactly but i think it's a better way to identify what we see and know someone see's it too, instead of just saying "oh that's green." Like Mr. Manley said, that green might be blue to someone else but with it described with facts, it will ALWAYS be presented the same to others.
QUESTIONS:
Is he being biased? How do we know he is correct and not just stating
his opinions like we are?
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