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A passage from the reading that stood out to me that describes a person who wants to commit suicide has always been a question in my mind. I have also questioned why people feel the need to end it all and leave everything behind. I personally get why most people in a state of depressionContinue reading “MacIntyre”

I do agree with Leonard’s statement that we need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. In the movie, Leonard uses pictures as reminders(mirrors) to figure out where he left off at and who he is. The mirrors in the movie are a representation of Leonard’s broken mind. For example, mirrors appeared frequently as tattoosContinue reading “Memento”

Hume believes that the “self” is an illusion and fiction. He has stated that “I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement.”. He is saying,Continue reading “Hume, of personal identity”

The “Cogito” is the fact that I am acknowledging that I am a being because I am able to think. The saying “I think therefore I am” refers to this idea of cogito because we are not sure we are dreaming and may not be a person. It could be an illusion as we areContinue reading “Descartes, Meditation on first Philosophy 2 Nature of the mind”

First Descartes discovers that he has many false beliefs and sets out to find a way to ensure he has research to be true. He has stated that he has been tricked by his own senses and cannot trust his own senses and chooses to get rid of any sensory beliefs he has. In paragraphContinue reading “Descartes, Meditation of first Philosophy”

Adventure time is a way of art that can appeal to young viewers in many ways in this modern day of age. This show was created with the intent of being entertaining and insightful in life lessons depicted by this young boy Finn the human who wants to be the greatest hero of Ooo andContinue reading “What I Consider Art”

The way Tolstoy defines infectiousness as a standard for art is the amount the artist puts in the time, emotion, and the connection to his art form. Tolstoy says the more the artist isn’t using emotion and feeling to get the attention of others it doesn’t define itself as art. The more he uses (infectiousness)Continue reading “Tolstoy “What is Art””

The types of imitation Aristotle identifies in poetry and tragedy are the imitations of what is described in the reading “actions of good men” ( higher type). He describes these actions as in Higher and Lower classes of poetry. The other form of imitation is that of the act of (Lower type) of action. AristotleContinue reading “Aristotle Poetics”

The film Existenz has many references to Plato’s way of explaining his beliefs of reality. Existenz fits into Plato’s hierarchical scheme of reality by showing how video games can affect the minds of others just like Plato’s example of his time with painters and poets. Just as Plato’s says painters can deceive the average mindContinue reading “Movie eXistenZ”

The idea of beds in the world comes from Plato’s beliefs, he can only believe everything in physical form isn’t its real form and this puts it in his mind that this isn’t his reality. He sets “Beds in the world” aside because he doesn’t meet his reality. The idea of a bed is whenContinue reading “The Republic:Book X”