Happy=??

Gandhi talks about how riches play a part of whether or not someone is happy. He says, "A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor. The rich are often seen to be unhappy, the poor to be happy" (35). So does this mean that in order to be happy we must live a life without luxuries and pleasures? I think there is more to happiness than how much money is (or isn't) in your pocket.

Man's Intelligence

I would have to disagree with Ganhi and his view of man's abuse of the intellect God provided. Ganhi believes that "God gifted man with intellect that he might know his Maker. Man abused it so that he might forget his Maker." But I believe that God created man with the knowledge that man would make the most of his intelligence and create the world we have today not as a way to run away from God, but as a way to use God's gifts to the best of our ability.

Chances

Nietzsche believes that "the healthy should be segregated from the sick." I see his point in that the "sick" will bring down others by their negative attitudes, but who is he to define who is sick and who is healthy in order to determine how people are segregated? He says that the sick are "those who are failures from the start, downtrodden, crushed" but we do not have a way to examine people and know what type of effect they will make in our world until after they have affected the world. Everyone deserves a chance rather than being labeled as either healthy and being expected to positively impact the world or being labeled as sick and a waste to society.

Nietzsche=Socrates

Sometimes, Nietzsche uses reasoning such as "good=noble=powerful=beautiful=happy=beloved of God" (page 34). This is the same type of reasoning that Socrates would use with his students, by agreeing on one point and from there concluding that if A is true, then B must also be true, along with C.

Who We Are

In my sociology class we have been discussing social inequality. While looking back through my notes, I saw that I had written, "We are who we are by knowing who we aren't." This is the same message that the second poem of Tao Te Ching is saying. "Is and Isn't produce each other. Hard depends on easy, Long is tested by short, High is determined by low, Sound is harmonized by voice, After is followed by before." In order for us to define anything in life, boundries must be created that establish an is and isn't.

Just Thinking of Darwin

In my education class today, we were talking about how a student's enviromental surroundings affect thier learning experiences. Usually when changing surroundings, a person tends to adapt to their new enviroment in order to fit in with this new group they now have. Just another way of showing how Darwinism fits into our everyday lives.

TAO Poem

Believe in one’s self,
Without relying on others.
Trust in your actions,
Not hesitating a moment.

By trusting one’s instincts,
TAO can be obtained