Almost as pressing as our basic need for food, our desires to resolve the questions surrounding our existence have yielded countless philosophies. Although factors such as geography, generation, culture and history have produced a wide variety of schools of thought, the aspects in which thinkers immersed themselves into have been relatively similar. The creation of the world, the presence of a higher being, perception, the possibility of an after-life and maybe most importantly our ultimate purpose in life, are just a few of the issues philosophers have dealt with. Undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers of all time, Plato produces a radically contrasting approach to life from Lucretius, the first of the Epicureans. .
One of the clearest reasons for Plato's domination of human thought is revealed early in the Timaeus. In discussing the origins of this world, he designates the Demiurge, or his equivalent of the contemporary God as the creator of the universe. Because his philosophy was much easier to "Christianize," it seems reasonable to think that Platonism was more warmly adopted compared to Lucretius" non-teleological view of the universe. By using the presence of Time as the basis of his argument concerning celestial bodies, Plato states that they were fashioned by the Demiurge:.
"When the father who had engendered it saw it in motion and alive, he rejoiced and, being well pleased, he conceived the idea of making it still more like its model. Accordingly, as that model is the ever-existent Living Being, he set about making the universe also like it, But he planned to make as it were a moving likeness of eternity; and, at the same time that he set in order the Heaven, he made, of eternity that abides in unity, an ever-flowing likeness moving according to number - that to which we have given the name time.(31)".
Furthermore, Plato continues to appoint this higher being as the creator of humans.
That's because Americans don't like to get out in the cold. ... Burly guys with no teeth and sticks knocking the crap out of people. ... Maybe it's because people who enjoy figure skating have no life. ... Figure skating has none of this. ... Granted, figure skaters are athletic. ...
Jay Gatsby, The Christ Figure? ... Like Christ promises life eternal, Gatsby has also seen the promises of life (Quieto 1). ... At some parts she sounds as though her whole life is tragically falling apart and there is no way to reclaim her life. ... Never would a Christ figure act out of greed or lust because this goes against the true nature of God. ... Tom stated, "I found out what your "drug stores" were. ...
To figure out how much money a person will receive from this fund is determined by a multi-step process. First they figure out how much an individual would have earned had there been no attacks. ... Lance Armstrong survived a long battle with cancer, and after this battle came out with a new outlook on life. ... Before having the ordeal with cancer his out look on life was just live it fast, everything was fast for him. After surviving the unbeatable, he came out with a brand new outlook on his value of life. ...
In Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath, Jim Casey represents a latter-day Christ figure who longs to bring religious stability to the burgeon of migrant families facing West. ... Yet, Casey's relation to Christ "goes beyond such mere coincidences, and plays out rather in their similar plans of action" (Johnson 19). One of the many similarities between Casey and Christ is that Casey had also drifted out to the forests in order to "soul-search" and discover the answers to sometimes hidden ...
Some critics claim that the lead character in The Death of a Salesman, Willie Loman, can be classified as a tragic figure or hero. ... Critics argue that Loman never comes to a realization about his life, and that alone rules the play out as a tragedy. ... However, the main character Willie Loman can, and should, be classified as a tragic figure because he fits every definition of one. ... He also comes to a realization about his life as a whole in the play. Therefore, by definition, Willie Loman is a tragic figure and should forever be classified as one. ...
Without the proper mother figure raise them and instill positive values. ... Now, by my life,/Old fools are babes again"(1. 3. 17-20). ... Pluck out his eyes.... This was all for their personal gain; had the traditional mother figure raised them their course in life would have been for the better. ... However, once Goneril does this she sees what she has turned into and promptly takes her own life. ...
Somewhere Out There... Here we see Judith laying out in the fields deep in thoughts. ... An ugly dark figure behind Jude's every doing, the tree does a very good job of representing this figure. Jude is in deep thought while wearing an all over white dress that represents her as an angelic figure that is trapped by Caleb. ... Red brings out the anger and evil in people, and so it is perfect for showing Jude's deeper emotion at this time in her life. ...
The Grapes of Wrath brought out the true story of the migrants trek to California. ... In the book Masterplots by Frank Magill, Casy is described by Magill as a Christ figure. ... He is only concerned with getting home and staying out of trouble. ... Casy knows all about his life being endangered when he said "" Cause sure as cowflops she"ll drop to two an" a half jus" as soon as they clear us out. (523)"" Casy knows that he will die, however he believes that his sacrifice will benefit others. ... Casy became a dominant figure in the migrant way of life when he died trying to stand up for...
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