Escaping reality

Friedrich Nietzsche and William James were philosophers who examined the search for truth and its application in modern society. While both scholars were contemporaries and concentrated on the function of truth, Nietzsche’s philosophy advocated a scientific approach which renounced all religious frameworks, while James’ theory enabled one to find truth even in the metaphysical. In “The Portable Nietzsche,” Nietzsche investigates the meaning of truth in the apparent world and its relationship to

Social Media Over the past decade mankind has rapidly progressed towards the digital age, increasingly relying on technology and online computing in order to complete everyday tasks. As such, mankind has leaped ahead, evolving many aspects of everyday life, easing processes and forever changing countless tasks. As such, many aspects of mankind’s daily life have forever been changed, arguably improved by this technology. One of such improvements is the emergence of social media websites, like Facebook

As an active member of my school 's theatre department, I am a frequent visitor during my acting director’s office hours. While he seems to only spew cheesy platitudes, one has really stuck with me. "Perception is reality.” Growing up with a flair for the dramatic, I have a slight tendency to end up in the center of a crowd. I 'm loud, I 'm bold and most of all, I 'm confident. These traits are undoubtedly the things people notice about me right off the bat. I’ve always taken pride in my ability

spectacular monarchy and Coelum Britannicum does all it can to promote its magnificence. Charles I performed in the masque himself and this Renaissance idea of seeing the king as an actor or player is central to the play and the blurring of it’s reality; it at once aims to show the magnificence of the king’s court on the outside world whilst also promoting the idea it as otherworldly. As such, the image of the Stuart court is elevated to a marvel which ties in with the masque’s central conceit; that

Creating Reality in Theater Theater was about attracting the middle class crowd to see their play but also to please the audience. For many years in theater, much of it presented false or unrealistic concepts. Many authors of playwrights were accustomed to the idea of displaying productions that were not likely happen in real life. Around the late 19th century, there was a push for creating more of an authentic and truthful piece of work. Realism was a movement that highlighted the “representation

something external to him). In thinking of these, he figures that it does his thinking of such things do not necessarily make them actually external or that they have been clearly and distinctly perceived. Descartes thus moves to a consideration of the reality of such matters. In his effort, he makes the distinction of formal

both contend that education is a process of freeing the chains of deception and false images that make us prisoners in the cave of ignorance. I agree with both Plato and Freire in saying that without education, like the prisoners, our perception of reality is distorted by our lack of knowledge. In Plato’s essay, “Allegory of The Cave” Plato creates a story about three prisoners in a cave, through this he further makes his point that without knowledge our view of the truth is askew. Plato explains

In conversations with people I meet, my goal is not to proselytize them or foist my views on them. Rather, I wish to treat them with the respect and courtesy due them as an individual created in the image of God. My heart is to show genuine interest in them by asking questions to learn more about who they are and where they are at, and responding respectfully to what they have to say. When entering into a conversation that encompasses different perspectives, I keep in the back of my mind different

Préciso of Meditations on First Philosophy Through his series of books, Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes enlightens his philosophical ideas about knowledge in which we should discard all belief we aren’t absolute certain about and establishes what we know for sure. In the introduction he clarifying the main ideas of each of the 6 books and using to them build up to his belief. Starting with the First Meditations, he discusses about doubt. He believed that there are no real foundations

answers to the questions surrounding abortion and make them know to the world around us. In his article, Christian Worldview Development, Hans M. Weerstra says, “Worldview issues with the great questions of ultimate reality need to be answered by God’s Word, according to His reality, so that the values and beliefs we hold as His people would be thoroughly Christian.” As Christians, we should tackle the subject of abortion and all other issues of our day with dialogue built on God’s Word. In his