Human Beings Can Never Reach Perfection

Perfect: adj. \ˈpər-fikt\ 1. Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings, is the first definition you find on dictionary.com for the word (perfect). Is this actually possible to attain? Has anyone actually ever been perfect? Or is it all in the eye of the beholder? These questions are asked by almost every girl, as we dream to one day reach the unattainable. This is especially true at the tender age of fifteen, where nothing seems to be going right with our bodies and everything is changing in us. This poem stresses the fact that as everyone realizes how unrealistic this dream is, the knowledge makes no difference to the wish. Marisa de los Santos comments on this in her poem “Perfect Dress”. The use of verbose imagery,

Society has tried to achieve perfection in many ways, almost since the beginning of humanity, and it is almost impossible so many attempts fail and cause severe consequences. In “the perfect match” by Ken Liu, short story and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, short story. Perfection is people ignoring what really matter. People have lost their identity, they are not unique anymore because society is limiting with an idea that what is not accepted or normal is not perfect.

By looking at Benjamin Franklin’s use of metaphor in comparing the attempt at perfection in a human to that in an axe, it is evident that he believes perfection is a laborious task, which proves that, in explaining the difficulty of fulfillment, he is attempting to persuade people to adhere to his lifestyle, as it will produce the desired results. Benjamin Franklin, throughout his life, wrote many articles about his ideas regarding the achievement of perfection in all aspects of life. Immediately succeeding one such article, he explains the difficulty of obtaining said superiority by using the metaphor of a man grinding a speckled axe upon a stone repeatedly to make its surface flawless before conceding that an imperfect axe is easier to attain and therefore best.. To illustrate the cause of the man’s failure, Franklin says that “...this may have been the case with many who, having, for want of some such means as I employed, found the difficulty of obtaining good... have given up the struggle, and concluded that a speckled axe was best…” He states that many people who do not have the instruments for perfection that he himself wields, have found that obtaining it is too challenging, which leads to capitulation.

Perfection? Can any one person be perfect? Benjamin Franklin believed that he could accomplish this task. Benjamin Franklin was known for being a cognizant and diligent perfectionist. During his lifetime, many people were concerned with correcting themselves of any fault that they may have had. Benjamin Franklin did have an interesting way to proclaim how he, could show everyone how to be perfect. He believes that he can make himself perfect. Even though his ways of being perfect are not the same as everyone else's ideas, he still tries to show them he can be perfect. In his essay "Arriving at Perfection" Benjamin Franklin tries to tell everyone how he will be perfect and how he is going to actually accomplish this task.

In the piece “The Birthmark” it is impossible and foolish to try to reach perfection. Because we all have been stamped with the imperfections of nature when Adam and Eve took a bite from the tree in the garden of Eden…..

Jonathan Edwards in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry G-d,” proposes one very significant question. What can man do to achieve perfection? Edwards states that:

Society experienced to achieve perfection in many ways, almost since the beginning of humanity, and is almost impossible so many attempts fail and cause severe consequences. In “the perfect match” by Ken Liu, short story and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, short story. Perfection is people ignoring what really matter. People are not unique anymore because society is limiting with an idea of what is not accepted or normal is not perfect. Societies’ desire of perfection makes people go desperate and feel alone.

Merriam-Webster defines perfection, in regards to religion, as “the theological doctrine that a state of freedom from sin is attainable on earth.” The desire for perfection, however, stems into all aspects of life in the form of perfectionism. It can be argued that there are three main manifestations of perfectionism: self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed (Flett and Hewitt 457). Self-oriented perfectionism is driven by one’s own desire to achieve high standards, and as such leads to higher rates of self-blame if not achieved (Flett and Hewitt 457). This form has been associated with anxiety, depression, low-self-regard, and anorexia (Flett and Hewitt 457). The second form is based on “interpersonal perfectionistic behavior,” which involves holding high expectations for others and leads to a lack of trust, feelings of hostility,

By perfect we mean, “In the image, but not the likeness, of God” (Pojman 74). Hick believed that we are imperfect beings living in an imperfect world so that we cannot try to become like God. In other words, God is giving us this gift. The problem with gift arises when we assume that human beings are always right, or infallible. In John Hick’s Philosophy of Religion, he stated, “No one could ever injure anyone else” (Pojman 74). Hick held the strong view that if humans had the quality of perfection, then this world would not be “the best of all possible worlds” for all our moral concepts and emotional attachments would be non-existent (Pojman 74).

As we all are perfect, we all are imperfect as well. We aren’t born to know how to be

As human beings, we are NOT perfect! It is part of our nature to be

To be perfect is to be free from fault or defect, flawless, saintly—an exemplification of supreme excellence. Since I can remember, my parents and family and friends have told me I am one of the best children, students, companions, etc. that they could ask for—and in this glory I have and do bask. And from other’s expectations I built a standard that I battle to adhere to. I am a Zimmer, an American, a high honor student, and beauty, a Christian—I ought to act and behave a

The difficulty associated with perfection is first seen during the plays opening when Sam is teaching Willie how to perform the quickstep

Nothing can be added to that perfection. Only man has potential. God gets His existence only from Himself and owes such to no other being because He is the original cause of all things, including Himself.

Or should the question be: which meaning does it have in our society? Is it even possible to reach perfection, or is it something out of the hands of a human being? It is true that perfection is something everybody strives for, to help them succeed in the things they propose for their lives. Many people aspire to be perfect in different ways, it could be a mother, a student, a teacher or even an artist with that desire of reaching perfection, but do we know the real meaning of this word? According to the dictionary one of its meanings is “a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.” (Dictionary, 2013) Excellence and perfection are far from being the same; which is why many people say it is impossible to be perfect but possible to reach Excellency, because perfection is supposed to exist as an abstraction of our minds, but not to be attainable in the physical world. (Wais, 2010)