Introduction How do we live our lives thinking that they ‘matter’ if we all at the end of the day, will perish? This is such an intriguing and thought provoking topic that many philosophers struggle to answer. On the Biblical/religious side, the answer is quite apparent, being in order to live in accordance with God’sContinue reading “Death and Dying”
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Individualism vs. Communalism and it’s relation to the environment.
Introduction So far in these blog posts, we have discussed the ethics of obtaining justice (peace versus violence) and how to classify sin. In this blog, I hope to synthesize these two blogs and apply them to environmentalism; the debate in Individualism vs. communalism and it’s implications. One topic that we discussed in our BiblicalContinue reading “Individualism vs. Communalism and it’s relation to the environment.”
What exactly constitutes as a sin?
Introduction As a continuation from my last post, I will try to discuss what constitutes as a sin. In this day and age, it has become pretty difficult to discern what exactly constitutes as a sin/sinful activity. For example, in the television show,The Good Place, one of the problems that the show highlighted was howContinue reading “What exactly constitutes as a sin?”
Pacifism vs. Violence
Introduction The ethics of peace and war, especially in the current times has become a highly popular topic of contention. The debate on how to perpetuate peace–whether this be through violence (and therefore wars) or through pacifism, is an issue that is widely debated and has yet to be resolved. This was a topic thatContinue reading “Pacifism vs. Violence”
Summary of Books 10-12
Summary of Book 10 In this book, Aurelius starts by reminding himself of the maintenance and desires of his soul as well as it’s needs which include “being which is good and just and beautiful, which generates all things, sustains and contains all things, embraces all things as they dissolve into the generation of othersContinue reading “Summary of Books 10-12”
Summary of Books 7-9
How to attain peace of the mind (Book 7) In this book, Aurelius lays out the foundation of his philosophical belief and how to apply it to daily life. He first starts with the discussion of how throughout history, it is observable that “there is nothing new: all things are both familiar and short-lived.” MeditationsContinue reading “Summary of Books 7-9”
Summary of Books 4-6
How live your best life as told by Marcus Aurelius (Book 4) In this book, Aurelius focuses on the different ways in how to live your best life. He seeks to inform on the most ‘philosophic’ way of treating the self. For instance, he emphasizes the need to live a well ordered life which includesContinue reading “Summary of Books 4-6”
Summary Of Books 1-3
Marcus Aurelius’ Oscar’s Acceptance Speech (Book 1) In the first book, Aurelius lays out paragraphs of different acknowledgments to various people he is thankful for in his life. At a glance it seems as though he is only thanking certain people for how they influenced his life and his moral character, but he also divergesContinue reading “Summary Of Books 1-3”
Introduction
The book that I have chosen for this blog is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. The reason that I chose this book originally was because I thought that my thesis would encompass certain ideas relating to the Roman Empire, and so I thought that researching a philosophical text written by one of the emperor’s of theContinue reading “Introduction”
Meditations--Marcus Aurelius 