Post by vp on Mar 5, 2016 22:45:34 GMT
Philosophy 5- 11632
1. How would you feel if you realized that you were just “stuff”, just this body, and that there was nothing “meta” physical about you?
The realization that "I'm Just a piece of meat." is odd and uncomfortable. I have to think about how can something that is flesh and bone, have nothing else to it? I don't feel special or good about my self. At the same time I also think about how as humans, we are raised and brought up thinking that there is more to us than a physical form. I feel like as we grow up we told in different ways that we're more than "Just a piece of meat" which makes me start to wonder if I was brainwashed to believe these things. If I think about it long enough, the thought of I'm just stuff is kind of humbling, Feels like someone just said to my face “You’re not special, you live, you die, and life goes on."
2. Using your own life as a template, provide two or more examples of Plato’s Allegory of the cave. Hint: think of those times in your life when you mistakenly believed something to be true or real but you later realized wasn’t.
The First example I'll give is from a personal experience, I was in a serious relationship for nine years. I later found out that the person I believed that was faithful and honest, was not. I believed in a lasting relationship, the idea that this was a true and honest person who would never do anything to hurt me. Indeed, did hurt me. I felt like that was an example of when I thought something was true or real and actually wasn't. My second example will be about the time I realized Santa wasn't real. I was 11 years old, I and my family were going through a rough time financially, and our living situation. I remember for the prior Christmas, we would make a list of the toys or the stuff we wanted and give it to my dad and mom. They would tell us that they'll "Give it to Santa." I remember that Christmas, I gave my mom my list. On Christmas Eve I woke up to people talking, and it must've been around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. I woke up and where I was sleeping was so small I saw everything, I remember seeing my mom and sister sitting on the floor wrapping presents, some of present were new stuff, others were my old toys. At that moment, I realized that there was no Santa. I put all the pieces together and realized my parents were just trying to make me happy. I wasn't mad, sad, or confused. I just understood. I didn't say anything, and my mom and sister didn't see me, so I went back to bed. In the morning, I woke, My mom and sister were saying things like " Oh! look! Santa Came" or "Look what Santa brought!" I never said anything, but was just happy to open presents but that was the time I realized that something I believed in wasn't real.
1. How would you feel if you realized that you were just “stuff”, just this body, and that there was nothing “meta” physical about you?
The realization that "I'm Just a piece of meat." is odd and uncomfortable. I have to think about how can something that is flesh and bone, have nothing else to it? I don't feel special or good about my self. At the same time I also think about how as humans, we are raised and brought up thinking that there is more to us than a physical form. I feel like as we grow up we told in different ways that we're more than "Just a piece of meat" which makes me start to wonder if I was brainwashed to believe these things. If I think about it long enough, the thought of I'm just stuff is kind of humbling, Feels like someone just said to my face “You’re not special, you live, you die, and life goes on."
2. Using your own life as a template, provide two or more examples of Plato’s Allegory of the cave. Hint: think of those times in your life when you mistakenly believed something to be true or real but you later realized wasn’t.
The First example I'll give is from a personal experience, I was in a serious relationship for nine years. I later found out that the person I believed that was faithful and honest, was not. I believed in a lasting relationship, the idea that this was a true and honest person who would never do anything to hurt me. Indeed, did hurt me. I felt like that was an example of when I thought something was true or real and actually wasn't. My second example will be about the time I realized Santa wasn't real. I was 11 years old, I and my family were going through a rough time financially, and our living situation. I remember for the prior Christmas, we would make a list of the toys or the stuff we wanted and give it to my dad and mom. They would tell us that they'll "Give it to Santa." I remember that Christmas, I gave my mom my list. On Christmas Eve I woke up to people talking, and it must've been around 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. I woke up and where I was sleeping was so small I saw everything, I remember seeing my mom and sister sitting on the floor wrapping presents, some of present were new stuff, others were my old toys. At that moment, I realized that there was no Santa. I put all the pieces together and realized my parents were just trying to make me happy. I wasn't mad, sad, or confused. I just understood. I didn't say anything, and my mom and sister didn't see me, so I went back to bed. In the morning, I woke, My mom and sister were saying things like " Oh! look! Santa Came" or "Look what Santa brought!" I never said anything, but was just happy to open presents but that was the time I realized that something I believed in wasn't real.