Katherine Isner Philosophy 101 Plato's Phaedo Argument From Opposites In Plato's Phaedo, Socrates argues for the immortality of the soul in an effort to reassure his friends and students about his death. One of the arguments he uses is the argument from opposites. In this he states that all things must come from their opposites. For example, hot comes from cold, strong comes from weak, beauty comes from ugliness and so on. Since death is the opposite of life, living people must come from the dead if his theory is to be true.
An ordinary orphan struggling with emotional scars from his past and present adolescence can overcome his pains and self-struggle to bring about justice and stop Voldemort. Or if you’re like Tony Stark, an egotistic and lustful billionaire, you still have heart and strength to fight for what is right. He valued the advice and insight of his prison mate Yinsen. Maybe Yinsen inspired the birth of Iron Man. Iron Man wanted to avenge people like Yinsen (referring to the character in Iron Man the movie).
He is one of the four original gods who created the cosmos. This specific ceremony was intended to sacrifice a captive warrior; based on the physical features (usually the most attractive was chosen to be the impersonator of the god for the year (AD1, p. 10)). During the ceremony, he would be sacrificed on the top of a temple, where his heart would be removed and given to the Sun god. Then, he would be decapitated and the skull be put on display in the ceremonial courtyard. The reason behind this ritual was to sacrifice the “most perfect” warrior, since he was considered the best overall; you would in turn receive best results from the gods for choosing such a worthy person.
All Pharaohs had one ultimate goal in life, to cheat death and become immortal in the eyes of history. This can be seen through Pharaoh Khufu’s great pyramid of Giza, which was built to assist Khufu to the afterlife (Dr. Colette). Ramesses the second was the first Pharaoh to understand that ancient tombs and sarcophaguses’ would be raided and destroyed (Smithson). So he came to a revolutionary conclusion, building an abundance of statues and hieroglyphs of him and his name, covered walls
Being human, they are not void of the inherent streak of evil that permeates their character which is a by -product of their survival instinct. Idea of Survival instinct, though chiefly heralded by Darwin by the exposition of his theory of the “survival of the fittest”, has been propagated by other notable theorists, philosophers and intellectuals. Thomas Hobbes in his famous book “Leviathan” opines that “Whether we assert that we are killers or not, why then do we lock the doors of our house at night”. He opined that Survival and evil share a close nexus. For survival in a competitive environment man employs evil, to salve his ego.
The men of New England established their new land for religion based reasons, in order to create a strong knit group of men, working together as one [Doc A]. They agreed to serve God, without concerns of profit, and eventually even called on the government to establish price fixing so that wealth wouldn’t interfere with their religion based lives [Doc E]. On the other hand, The men of the Chesapeake Bay region came to their new land with completely different ideals in mind. These people were greedy, and anxious to make quick money in the new land
In his final battle, Beowulf’s kin all turn on him except for one, Wiglaf. In the battle Beowulf is killed and Wiglaf survives and defeats the dragon. Beowulf announces that Wiglaf will be his successor and says this to him, “ You’re the last of all our far-flung family.” (835) Beowulf is telling Wiglaf he is the last of kin surviving that is a true hero. With Beowulf’s death, Wiglaf becomes the last man with true Anglo-Saxon morals of courage, determination, and heroism. The epic ends with Beowulf’s funeral, but Wiglaf’s lonely fate is never discussed.
Gilgamesh vs. The Odyssey In Gilgamesh and The Odyssey the two main characters Gilgamesh and Odysseus are driven to accomplish their goals. Gilgamesh is driven by the death of his faithful companion Enkidu. Enkidu’s death by the gods opens Gilgamesh’s eyes into realizing that no one will live forever. Coming upon this realization he sets out on a quest to find Utnapishtim the Mesopotamian Noah.
The reading started out talking about a Babylonian Theogony where Hain, the ruler of Dunnu, was killed by his so that he could be the ruler and marry his mother. Amakandu then married Sea, his sister, but was killed by his son Lahar soon after. This keeps happening for the next few generations and ends with a person that’s name was missing as the ruler. The Sacrifice of Primal Man is a hymn that tells a story of the creation of the universe and all of the gods. With the Primal Man sacrificing himself, part of him made up the Earth and the rest made up all of the spiritual beings.
Like in every man’s life, his life included plenty of trials and troubles such as the death of his friend which pushed him to seek for immortality. This made him to be opposed to himself and that is why he went to look for Uta-napishti. “I’m afraid of death, so I wander the wild, to find Uta-Napishti, son of Ubar-Tutu” (tablet 9, 5). Moreover, this experience changed Gilgamesh’s view of the human condition. It helped him become a better person because it taught him what is to be a man which means that every man is called to die one day or another.