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Reaction Paper in Philosophy. Pamela Louise Francisco
Reaction Paper in Philosophy. Pamela Louise Francisco
Reaction Paper in Philosophy. Pamela Louise Francisco
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Greatest Philosophers of all Time
IV-B.S. IN ACCOUNTANCY
Anaxi
mand
Anaximenes
Another
Milesian
philosopher
named
Anaximenes pondered that air is what constitutes the universe.
Actually it is really hard to disagree on this but the cycle on how
air is transformed and become earth is what drove me crazy. He
said that the air when thinned becomes fire; fire when condensed
becomes wind, then cloud, cloud when condensed more becomes
water, then earth, then stones. I just dont get it how air is
transformed into stones just through the contrary processes of
rarefaction and condensation, maybe this may be true but it will
take decades to make happen. Nonetheless, I believe that air is
present in any matter even in solid things where air pockets still
exist.
Pythagoras
Pythagoras once said that all things are
generated from number, that all things follow a particular pattern.
In some aspects, this may be true but indeed, there are things
that no mathematical computation can support. Love, for
example, cannot be a product of computation and does not follow
a certain formula to be efficacious. No formulation, recipe nor
method that our hearts (though love is a signal from the
hypothalamus) can conceive.
He is also an advocate of strict living but
because of that I can really relate his way of living as numbered
Heraclitus
Among the philosophers that have been
discussed, Heraclitus is my favorite. I just find his philosophies
factual and applicable to present-day living.
His theory of flux which states that nothing is
permanent but change is just as good as fact. He also said that
some things must change in order to continue to exist having a
river as an example which flows endlessly to be existent. Another
great theory of him is the unity of opposites in which he sites
examples that might really persuade you to agree with him
(example: the path up and down is just the same; hot becomes
cold and cold becomes warm).Lastly, the theory of knowledge
wherein he pointed out that you cannot teach what you really
dont understand because other people might get the wrong end
of the stick or just simply would not have the same understanding
as you have because all of us have limited knowledge.
Empedocles
Empedocles claimed that everything is
composed of the four elements- water, earth, air and fire through
the movement of two opposing objects called love and strife. He
also believed that the four elements are eternal while the two
forces wane. As his fragment 17 states for one is brought to
birth and destroyed by the coming together of all things, the
other is nurtured and flies apart as they grow apart again. And
Plato
Platos goal in life is to help people achieve
Eudaimonia or just simply fulfilment so the following was his idea
how to make one feel accomplished:
1. Think more
As Socrates friend, Plato, also pondered on
the know thyself philosophy. He said that we must not be
dragged by greatest peoples opinion (doxa) for most of the times
they are just errors, prejudices and superstitions. Try to have a
Socratic discussion (talk with yourself or with others about your
opinion and way of thinking) which will help you strengthen your
self-knowledge so you cannot be fooled by your feelings and will
also aid you in subjecting your ideas to examination rather than
acting on impulse.
2. Let your lover change you
As Plato said in his book symposium true
love is admiration wherein you must find a person with good
qualities that you yourself lack. It may sound absurd that you let
someone change you but Plato once said that a couple shouldnt
love each other exactly as they are right now.- meaning you
must help each other to be better versions of yourselves. Help
each other grow to their fullest potentials.