Hey Imani,
first off i really enjoyed reading your blog on part two of Banach's lecture, you brought up very interesting points and i liked how you supported them with direct quotes from the reading. In your first paragraph i thought your interpretation on the quote was spot on, no one will ever be able to help us as well as we can help our self, sure, other people can teach us but we are the only ones who can keep hold on to the knowledge.
You fight back in your blog which i have not seen much, it is a nice change in pace. I agree with your point as well and it is probably something i would have never thought of on my own. We do take after the people who are closest to us, many of us take after out moms and dads. If you are brought up a certain way that is what you known best. Using an example was a great idea to see how your idea and theory directly affects you.
People do tend to keep there guards up when there emotional well being is at stake. But do you think that peoples emotions and convictions blind them completely or does it depend on the person?
Just a question to keep you thinking!
Really good job :)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
HW 3: BLOG POST #2 Response to part 2 of Banch's lecture
I often think about what my purpose is on the world...
Was everyone born with certain things they excel at and other things they fall behind in?
In part 2 of Banch's lecture he brings up a new idea that "existence precedes essence" First off lets take a minute to define the two, in class we defined our existence as the live we lived, playing a significant role in life, ultimately all things physical in the universe, just the privilege of being ALIVE! Essence seemed to be thought of as more of a spiritual or emotional plane, the idea that your essence is your spirit, the overall vibe you give off to the people you surround your self with.
I found it fascinating how Banch broke down how he felt our sense of self was developed "we exist and then we create our nature, our essence, who we are. Nobody had as idea about who we are or what we're supposed to be like before we were created." In other words we are born into our bodies, then it is up to us to decide what we do with that. The only person that will ever truly know you is you, we are responsible for creating ourselves. Every human on this earth is an individual, we are all different and you will never truly know someone as well as you know your self. People always use the expression "great minds think alike" but they never say "great minds think the same".
We set ourselves up for what we want to believe, but ultimately we can do anything we want with our lives, which if you think about it is a very scary thought. Someone can make a decision within seconds that could change there life forever, good or bad. Most of us have a hard time with the concept of accepting responsibility, we are constantly coming up with excuses for our actions. Can the mind really take over the body? We have no way of knowing what's to come in life we can only anticipate it.
Why are we never able to see ourselves the way other do? "we feel a tension looking in the mirror wondering how the person in the glass can be ME of I am standing out here looking at it; so the self feels a tension between identifying itself with mind's eye behind the screen" Over time we can develope internal beauty but its not up to us to design out physical apperance.
These are just a few of my thoughts.....
Im sure there will be more, lots more to come! :)
Was everyone born with certain things they excel at and other things they fall behind in?
In part 2 of Banch's lecture he brings up a new idea that "existence precedes essence" First off lets take a minute to define the two, in class we defined our existence as the live we lived, playing a significant role in life, ultimately all things physical in the universe, just the privilege of being ALIVE! Essence seemed to be thought of as more of a spiritual or emotional plane, the idea that your essence is your spirit, the overall vibe you give off to the people you surround your self with.
I found it fascinating how Banch broke down how he felt our sense of self was developed "we exist and then we create our nature, our essence, who we are. Nobody had as idea about who we are or what we're supposed to be like before we were created." In other words we are born into our bodies, then it is up to us to decide what we do with that. The only person that will ever truly know you is you, we are responsible for creating ourselves. Every human on this earth is an individual, we are all different and you will never truly know someone as well as you know your self. People always use the expression "great minds think alike" but they never say "great minds think the same".
We set ourselves up for what we want to believe, but ultimately we can do anything we want with our lives, which if you think about it is a very scary thought. Someone can make a decision within seconds that could change there life forever, good or bad. Most of us have a hard time with the concept of accepting responsibility, we are constantly coming up with excuses for our actions. Can the mind really take over the body? We have no way of knowing what's to come in life we can only anticipate it.
Why are we never able to see ourselves the way other do? "we feel a tension looking in the mirror wondering how the person in the glass can be ME of I am standing out here looking at it; so the self feels a tension between identifying itself with mind's eye behind the screen" Over time we can develope internal beauty but its not up to us to design out physical apperance.
These are just a few of my thoughts.....
Im sure there will be more, lots more to come! :)
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