We do not know our soul’s potential, however, we do know that it is almost immeasurable. Finally, both men believe that the imagination can uplift and change our lives. Emerson speaks of Thoreau at his death saying, He knew the worth of the imagination for the uplifting and consolation of human life... (Emerson 226). These men realize that in order to have a comfortable and improved life they must put their imagination to
Everyman places his faith in material things, his friends, relatives and goods. These material things do him no good. Fellowship claims he "will not forsake thee to my life's end" (Everyman 213), yet when Everyman asks Fellowship to accompany him on his journey for redemption and ultimately death he "will not go that loath journey- / Not for the father that begat me!" (Everyman 268-269). By placing his faith in man rather than God, he does not receive "any more comfort" (Everyman 304).
If God breaks this, then he is not being omnibenevolent (all good), which is another of his attributes. However lust is far from morally right, so God cannot experience it. Leading on from that, since God is confined to being morally perfect, he has no choice whether he is or not, he can’t be omnipotent. Another aspect of this argument is can God fear? We are either scared of the unknown (e.g death) or something more powerful than ourselves (e.g lions).
His notion of virtues differed, however, from the Puritans who believed that being close to God was most virtuous and focused on reading scripture and prayers instead of being good citizens. Also, unlike the Puritans, Franklin wasn’t as deeply devoted to God. He did not attend mass every week and had respect for other religions and other religious principles. He did not follow God’s orders unquestionably, like the Puritans, and saw doubt and altered his behavior even though to other Christians it would be a sin. Franklin and
“We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly follow'd.” a) Iago wants Roderigo to believe that although he serves his master, he does so only for his own purposes, not to "truly follow" him. b) Iago stands to gain trust from Roderigo because he is being honest with him and Roderigo will do what he is told. c) Iago is showing determination to Roderigo by telling him you do not need to be a master in order for people to look up to you. “I have profess'd me thy friend, and I confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable toughness. I could never better stead thee than now.
Through Roark, Ayn Rand projects her idea of an ideal man, of a man “as he might be and ought to be”. Roark holds the philosophy that “Man’s first duty is to himself.” His belief in objectivist philosophy is articulated by Rand as “the concept of man, as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”This belief, although, also separates Roark as a protagonist from both Dr. Stockmann and Dickinson’s multiple personas, as while both Dr. Stockmann and the personas recognize the comfort of belonging to people, and the intrinsic joy of being accepted in society, Roark firmly upholds his views regarding belonging as he states “I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others.” Roark is content with his individualistic approach, and while he forms connections with certain individuals throughout the novel, their ultimate rejection of him does little to affect his ambition and belief.
He does this because he does not want the men to see him as a person on a lower standard or lower level than they are. He also does this to show respect because if Dr. King started out using extremely argumentative language then the men most likely would have burned his letter. After the title, he uses logos to show respect to the clergymen as he says “But since I feel that you are men of genuine goodwill and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms” (King, Par. 2). He shows respect to them because he is basically telling the clergymen they are reasonable men and have done nothing wrong.
Even through the changes that society as a whole has experienced from Emerson’s time to our own, Emerson’s idea continues to hold merit; society continues to disapprove and put down those that are individuals only to protect its-self and hold on to what is known. Emerson writes using persuasive rhetoric to stress his ideas of the dangers of the conformity that faces mankind and the importance of being an individual. "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immoral palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." Emerson states that a man to become an individual must question every orthodox belief that he faces and must decide what he believes to be true, not what society thinks to be true.
That thought pattern is rooted in sin and rebellion because the gospel message is centered on repentance of sin and accepting Jesus as Lord. It is not centered on people living as they like and expecting God to adjust his precepts to us in that spiritual state. 2. This culture has become so morally loose until morality is almost non-existent. To live a moral life according to the gospel message is perceived as being too restrictive to a large number of the populace.
He gives such a persuading argument and its hypnotic and inspiring all at the same time. I hear him saying stay out of the boxes that confine, the structure of society, to challenge the traditions and conventional wisdom, to stay true to our nature. Emerson can almost seem arrogant in the way that he presents his declaration of independence. He even implies to pay no attention to his opinions as to which he seemed to capture me from the very first page. Emerson seemed to convey his value of “if we are self- reliant we don’t need to depend on anyone but ourselves,” its guiding our individual lives with the power of our “intuition” that which we are all innately born.