Thucydides Versus Plato: Differing Views of the Good Life What is the true nature of the Good Life? Is it living life with concern for only oneself despite the possible consequences of one’s action on others? Or might it involve self-sacrifice in effort to do what one feels is right or just? Is it descriptive‚ or perhaps prescriptive? Two prominent Greeks‚ Thucydides and Plato‚ began providing answers to these questions over 25 centuries ago as they analyzed and wrote critically about life’s
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The Construction of Character from Life is So Good In the book Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman‚ the defining moments of a man’s life are revisited. Glaubman and Dawson take the reader along side a remarkable journey through over a one hundred years of history. Although George Dawson’s life was subjected to numerous accounts of racism‚ segregation‚ and prejudice‚ one can see that his rearing in Marshall‚ TX and perseverance throughout life lead to his outstanding character
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Learning about the proper behavior in public‚ dancing and interacting with single‚ handsome gentlemen in the community‚ and marrying out and becoming the mothers of families seem to be the basic life journeys for the ladies in the 19th century in England. During that time‚ a woman is portrayed typically as a simple creature without any personal sprit and thoughts‚ whose main goals are to obey her husband and take care of her family. For example‚ in Paradise Lost‚ Milton protrays Eve as a beautiful
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Emerson’s Good Life (1) “Do not seek yourself‚ outside yourself (Emerson 211).” Emerson suggests that we should live life based on our own intuitions. He proposes that we should live life coexisting in society without conforming to it. “Whoso be a man‚ must be a nonconformist (214).” Coexisting in society allows us to lead a life of our own inhibitions and desires. We should live a life for ourselves‚ not as though we live in a theater and our life is a play. Turning inward‚ one can find
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challenging for the average American to not only explore other worlds‚ but nonetheless‚ having an awareness of the outside world is not an easy feat either. Weingarten makes us aware that it is a shame that the average person is too busy in his or her daily life to even remotely notice the flawless music being played in a station. In “The Peep Diaries” Niedzviecki convinces the reader that we are blinded by our own social media worlds. Not only do we fail to gain meaningful relationships through our engrossment
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You are repeating ’’leader" so often that your essay don’t sound good. Just read it aloud and you’ll understand what I mean. A positive attitude is another essential quality a leader must have in order to do well in office. A leader must see things in a positive light or else everything will not go as planned. For example‚ if a huge crisis was going on and a leader had a mind of a pessimist‚ he would scare "his people" into thinking the situation is way worse than what it really is. On the other
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Happiness and the Good Life for Siddhartha The good life for Siddhartha is happiness. Siddhartha is able to live the good life by finding happiness as described by Richard Taylor in the chapter “Happiness”. In his chapter “Happiness” from An Introduction to Virtue Ethics‚ Richard Taylor discusses things that can confused with happiness and says that “happiness is a kind of fulfillment” (“Happiness”). Siddhartha’s main goal is to be happy by fulfilling his longing to find his inner self or Atman
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Death frightens us. Therefore‚ acknowledging one’s wish to willingly end his or her life is difficult for the average person to understand. Though we are aware that our days are finite‚ we live with the false hope that technology may advance by the time we reach the end of our lives to substantially extend them. However‚ what about those people who have reached the end of their lives? For them‚ choosing to commit suicide‚ or willingly end their lives‚ is simply accelerating the inevitable. Although
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The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It PHI200: Mind and Machine The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It Money‚ clothes‚ cars‚ houses‚ and even marriage – these are all things that some may consider to determine whether or not they are living the “good life.” Others may view the good life as being able to enjoy nature every day‚ being able to run and jump‚ or even being able to read as many books as they please. Whatever one’s view of having or living the good life
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Socrates statement‚ “the unexamined life is not worth living”(Plato‚ Apology Part 38) emphasizes the importance Socrates placed on self-awareness and seeking knowledge. Only by doing this are we are able to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ have true purpose and direction in our life‚ and live “The Good Life.” Socrates refused not to live his life in pursuit of truth (philosophy) even if it meant death as the penalty. He would rather die than be forced to stop seeking knowledge.
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