Authors have written about every country in the world, and places that are far away from the planet we currently live on. ... Whether it is studying the history of the world, calculating the distance to the next country, exploring the physiology of human beings, playing an instrument, or whatever else is chosen, readers can learn anything they want through a book. ...
The government has chosen that freedom of choice is not an option and therefore has shackled the minds of the people. ... In "Report on the Barnhouse Effect," it is unclear from the author's standpoint if he agrees with the use of power wielded by professor Barnhouse. ...
In Erich Fromm's book Escape from Freedom the author sums up Martin Luther's acknowledgement of man's selfishness: "Luther assumed the existence of an innate evilness in man's nature, which directs his will for evil and makes it impossible for man to perform any good deed on the basis of his nature."" ... In the science fiction novel Anthem by Ayn Rand readers are introduced to a dystopian society where man's place in society is chosen for him: "'Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of the Students. ...
For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocritical, and skeptical. I believe that human life is valued less than it should be, that it does have a meaning. ...
