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Wisdom and Truth
Wisdom and Truth
Pitiful social conditions existed in the Philippines as late as three centuries after his conquest in Spain,
with agriculture, commerce, communications and education languishing under its most backward state. It
was because of this social malady that social evils like inferiority complex, cowardice, timidity and false
pride pervaded nationally and contributed to the decay of social life. This stimulated and shaped Rizal's
life philosophy to be to contain if not eliminate these social ills. Rizal hope of a better Filipino nation
through the development of the thoughts and actions of his fellow countrymen.
PROGRESS IN THE ECONOMY BY MEANS OF GOOD WORKS AND THOUGHTS
2. We must focus our motive to the welfare of our country
Speech at the Café Habanero, December 31, 1891
-"The good and welfare of our country is our motive. "
-" The individual should give way to the welfare of the society."
The proper thoughts and actions of its people will propel a country towards progress.
RIZAL'S THOUGHTS ON VICES AND OTHER MISDEEDS
While Rizal was fearless in denouncing the evils of the colonial administration of his time, he was no less
fearless in pointing out to his countrymen "our own mistakes, our own vices, our supine and culpable
acquiescence to these evils.
1. The Filipinos had no sense of national consciousness nor a desire for independence.
Noli Me Tangere
“Our young people think about nothing more than love affairs and pleasure. They spend more time
attempting to seduce and dishonor young women than in thinking about their country's welfare. Our
women, in order to take care of the house and family of God, forget their own. Our men limit their
activities to vice and their heroics to shameful acts. Children wake up in a fog of routine, adolescents live
out their best years without ideals, and their elders are sterile, and only serve to corrupt our young people
by their example.”
KUNDIMAN
Tunay ngayong umid yaring dila’t puso
Sinta’y umiilag, tuwa’y lumalayo,
Bayan palibhasa’y lupig at sumuko
Sa kapabayaan ng nagturong puno.
MEN:
Now the East is glowing with light,
Go! To the field to till the land,
For the labour of man sustains
Fam'ly, home and Motherland.
Hard the land may turn to be,
Scorching the rays of the sun above...
For the country, wife and children
All will be easy to our love.
Chorus:
WIVES:
Go to work with spirits high,
For the wife keeps home faithfully,
Inculcates love in her children
For virtue, knowledge and country.
When the evening brings repose,
On returning joy awaits you,
And if fate is adverse, the wife,
Shall know the task to continue.
Chorus:
MAIDENS:
H ail! Hail! Praise to labour,
Of the country wealth and vigor!
For it brow serene's exalted,
It's her blood, life, and ardor.
If some youth would show his love
Labor his faith will sustain :
Only a man who struggles and works
Will his offspring know to maintain.
Chorus:
CHILDREN:
Teach, us ye the laborious work
To pursue your footsteps we wish,
For tomorrow when country calls us
We may be able your task to finish.
And on seeing us the elders will say:
'Look, they're worthy 'f their sires of yore!'
Incense does not honor the dead
As does a son with glory and valor.
Hymn to Labor
Although philosophy is an organized body of knowledge, The subject matter of philosophy is questions,
which have three major characteristics
Philosophical question have answers but the answers remain in dispute.
Philosophical questions cannot be settled by science, common sense, or faith.
Philosophical questions are of perennial intellectual interest to human beings.
Method that philosophers use to address philosophical questions
Careful
Reflective
Rational
systematic
understanding of philosophy and refraining from merely claims but through
careful thought.
Maboloc and Pascua
(2008)
Defining, analyzing, and devising solutions
Arriving at reasonable and informed conclusions;
Applying understanding and knowledge to new and different problems;
Willingness to change one point of view
Continually examining and re-examining ideas
Willingness to say "I don't know"
Looking for evidence to support assumption and beliefs
Adjusts opinions
Looks for proof
Examines
problem
Rejects irrelevant
and incorrect information
ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.
analyze
evaluate
explain
restructure
False Belief