Post by andreac on Mar 12, 2016 7:59:38 GMT
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? Be sure to use your “I” voice and present your reaction in an autobiographical framework. Also make pertinent references (when possible) to the film on mysterium tremendum.
If I realized I was just “stuff” and there was nothing “meta” physical about me, I guess I naturally would be okay with it. Being told such a thing doesn’t affect me emotionally. I can realize the scientific part of that question. Saying I am just “stuff” is just scientific facts. I mentally thought about religion prior to the question. I know I am just “stuff” but my mind believes in much more than that. I think about things like faith and hope that really help me believe there’s something better about me then just “stuff”. What I really am and who I think I am are two different aspects. But who I think I am is really what matters most to me. I may be made out of just “stuff” but, believe me when I say it is really great “stuff”!
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. Be sure to think within the context of the movie.
The first example of Plato’s Allegory of the cave was when I was younger and Santa Claus was all that mattered (well only around Christmas time). My mother succeeded for years to have my sister and I believe in him. I really did believe he was real despite what all the other kids would tell me in school. I acted like an angel during the winters to get everything on my Christmas list. I bet my mom loved it. Eventually, I got older and I found out where my mom hid my presents! Boy was I surprised! I thought Santa Claus was real but I found out he was just make believe. He was made up for children to act good so parents have a reason to buy us loads of presents on Christmas, which I was still okay with by the way. Santa Claus to me was the shadow. I never actually saw him but, I really believed he was there each year. My second example of Plato’s Allegory of the cave has to be on the topic of ghost. I don’t believe in ghost. There has been many times where I would spend the night at my best friend’s house, whose house is supposedly “haunted”. I could say that I was able to witness the weird happenings in her home. Weird things like her exercise ball would just randomly float across the room as were watching T.V. or her automatic closet light turning on even though nobody actually walked inside her closet. My best friend even swears she has seen them before while I was there, but I just don’t see it. I still don’t believe in ghost even if I’ve been there. I really think it’s more of a scientific reason why those things happened.
If I realized I was just “stuff” and there was nothing “meta” physical about me, I guess I naturally would be okay with it. Being told such a thing doesn’t affect me emotionally. I can realize the scientific part of that question. Saying I am just “stuff” is just scientific facts. I mentally thought about religion prior to the question. I know I am just “stuff” but my mind believes in much more than that. I think about things like faith and hope that really help me believe there’s something better about me then just “stuff”. What I really am and who I think I am are two different aspects. But who I think I am is really what matters most to me. I may be made out of just “stuff” but, believe me when I say it is really great “stuff”!
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. Be sure to think within the context of the movie.
The first example of Plato’s Allegory of the cave was when I was younger and Santa Claus was all that mattered (well only around Christmas time). My mother succeeded for years to have my sister and I believe in him. I really did believe he was real despite what all the other kids would tell me in school. I acted like an angel during the winters to get everything on my Christmas list. I bet my mom loved it. Eventually, I got older and I found out where my mom hid my presents! Boy was I surprised! I thought Santa Claus was real but I found out he was just make believe. He was made up for children to act good so parents have a reason to buy us loads of presents on Christmas, which I was still okay with by the way. Santa Claus to me was the shadow. I never actually saw him but, I really believed he was there each year. My second example of Plato’s Allegory of the cave has to be on the topic of ghost. I don’t believe in ghost. There has been many times where I would spend the night at my best friend’s house, whose house is supposedly “haunted”. I could say that I was able to witness the weird happenings in her home. Weird things like her exercise ball would just randomly float across the room as were watching T.V. or her automatic closet light turning on even though nobody actually walked inside her closet. My best friend even swears she has seen them before while I was there, but I just don’t see it. I still don’t believe in ghost even if I’ve been there. I really think it’s more of a scientific reason why those things happened.