Comparing Phaedrus, An Education, And The Descent Of Man

Throughout all of these secondary educational experiences (playing an instrument, raising a child and exploring the outdoors) that were self-sought out for the purpose of pleasure and happiness; they all had the potential of teaching people new things. Whether it was minimal or substantial. This secondary form of education serves a purpose in the well-being of all people. As Brook stated, “Uplifting experiences alone [are] bound to open the mind for learning.” (Brooks 2011) If a task gives you pleasure you are likely to retain the information that you are unconsciously obtaining while enjoying

Both characters in the stories made bad choices. Phaethon was a liar and tried to live up to his lie. Arachne was a boastful girl who was disrespectful to others. They are both prideful and that makes them make bad choices which lead to their destruction. Phaethon was a liar because he lied to the other boy about driving the sun chariot and Arachne was very competitive; both of the characters's traits lead to their destruction.

The Enlightenment period was began shortly after the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and lasted through the 18th century. This was an “intellectual movement” and the writers of this period disapproved of religion and politics ruled by absolutism. “ The movement would question almost every aspect of social and political life in Europe”(Hunt, 522). The writers and scholars that had enlightened views were those who believed that all people are able to apply reason or critical thinking to all issues that may arise in their lives. The countries that were affected most by the Atlantic system were participants in the enlightenment movement, such as: Britain, France and the Dutch Republic (Hunt, 522).

A long-debated argument in the field of Psychology has been which theory or explanation of human behavior is the most important and the most viable. Is B. F. Skinner’s theory that behavior is the result of man’s response to external stimuli or is Carl Rogers’ theory that man’s behavior is the result of his determination to achieve self-actualization the best explanation? After much research and thought, I will argue in favor of Carl Rogers’ Humanistic Theory that “emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and their potential for personal growth” (Weiten, 2016, p. 9).

It is one of the basic aspects of human behavior that drives the conscious mind in its decisions.

Separated by language, history and several hundred miles of the Mediterranean Sea, two of the world's greatest cultures simultaneously matured and advanced in the centuries before the birth of Christianity. In the Aegean north, Hellenic Greeks blossomed around their crown jewel of Athens, while the eastern Holy City of Jerusalem witnessed the continued development of Hebrew tradition. Though they shared adjacent portions of the globe and of chronology, these two civilizations grew up around wholly different ideologies. The monotheistic devotion of Judaism that evolved in the Hebrew lands stood in stark contrast to the Greek worship of polytheistic Olympians, a religion that often tended more towards the rational and philosophic than

Some people might like education, others might dread it and really don’t see a reason to continue learning about it. Today, for teachers and professors it’s easy to them to tell how the education they teach is effective for an individual student. As we know, education is being taught at school, home, and a little of both. For America today, most children attend preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, and college. Depending on the pupil's career choice, it can take up to 20 or more years completing their schooling system, Usually, during the middle and or high school years in America, professors teach you valid things pupils will be using in life.

Purposely difficult and intentionally obsessive, Plato’s Phaedrus is an exceedingly difficult read that defies all conventional logic as a piece of discourse. The text is extremely subjective, open to interpretation and individual creativity as to what or whom the narrative is about. Written by Plato, a close disciple of Socrates, this text is set along the Illissus river where Phaedrus and Socrates meet for a day of speech, debate, rhetoric and okay…flirting. Phaedrus leads of the day and recites a speech by his close friend Lysias, who Phaedrus considers to be a top speechmaker. Socrates then, after chiding by Phaedrus unleashes two speeches of his own that overshadow and refute Lysias claim so boldly that Phaedrus is so taken by the

It is commonly assumed that if a person has a desire, he or she must also care about it. After all, some people desire to be the best academically or athletically, which would draw to the conclusion that he or she cares about academics or athletics. In The Reasons to Love, however, Harry Frankfurt argues that if a person has a desire it does not necessarily mean that he or she cares for or even about it. He discusses how there is an obvious correlation between the two, but really focuses on explaining the difference. In this paper, I will defend Frankfurt’s argument.

Students are only being programmed to know their major and nothing else as if they are robots with no mind for their own to improve on nor think freely. In the essay The Role of the Teacher, written by Irving Layton, he states, “A feeling has grown that schools and universities are not achieving that which they were intended to: namely, the enrichment of the individual's life by giving him the tools of self-improvement and the cultivated mind to use them” (339). Layton explains that our current educational system is not sufficient enough in teaching this generation of how to live a good life. The current education system does not enrich the minds of the students which causes a lack in creativity. Living a good life entails the education received from our schools of course, but as well, it is a life in which the society is developing on self-improvement and enrichment of

Author Joyce Meyer once said, “If you don’t learn to control your thoughts, you will never learn how to control your behavior.” Lack of control over one’s thought can lead to ruinous behavior. People have been exploring the human behavior for the past centuries due to the major effects behavior and life events have on an individual. In the 1800s, naturalism, a literary movement, explored “human instincts and behavior” (433) and “examined the society that conditioned people to turn out as they did” (443). Stephen Crane and Edwin Arlington Robinson both wrote influential pieces in the 1800s and were impacted by naturalism. Stephen Crane and Edwin Arlington Robinson both show the psychological impact on the human mind and behavior, but Crane emphasizes how psychology can motivate whereas Robinson shows how psychology can destroy. Both pieces, “A Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane and “Miniver Cheevy” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, include forceful events that influence the main character to commit a dangerous task that either motivates or destroys them.

It involves a study of the human heart which leads us through devious mazes of passion, out of which it is difficult to find our way.” This also proves that this debate really revolves around one’s view of human nature. This is one reason why the choices we make and how make decisions reflect our human

Desire has captured human imagination throughout history. There has never been any elegant prose dedicated to uncaring, cold calculation, but literary greats from Shakespeare to Fitzgerald have penned masterpieces concerning desire. Nearly every great film concerns itself with desire, whether

First-order desire are starightforward. These are desires simple in nature and resmeble animal desires to eat, sleep, feel comforatable. Second-order desires are complex and arise from analysys, comaprison, and identification. These desires are human beings phenomena which animals do not have. Second order desires not only create notion of accountability for one’s actions, but also can be diferent in meanings and affect human consciences in a variety of ways. The link between two kinds of desires is Frankfurt distinction between a persona and a wanton. A “person” in Frankfrut theory has a second order volition which is a conflict resolution between first order desires and create a will, while a “wanton” has a lack of concern about first order desires “thus incapable of being concerned about his will.”

Central to any study of the humanities is the human condition – our nature, which has historically shown that it is equally capable of both good and evil deeds – and the problem that arises from it; specifically, why do humans suffer? Many philosophies and religions have their own account for this aspect of humanity, and we find that what the accounts have in common is each explains the human condition in terms that are similar to how that institution of thought explains the true nature of reality.