Get Organized: Task That Seemed Easy At First Sight
The exciting weekend that I've long been waiting for has finally arrived! The reason for this excitedness was due to the fact that I was going to finally meet and hang out with my 3 best friends from colleges. Before my wonderful weekend started, I've made a big promise that I will clean my room, ranging from clothes to paperworks, before I enjoy my weekend too much that I will forget about the commitment that I made to myself. At this moment, I didn't really think about all the processes and troubles that I will be soon facing. As a matter of fact, what I thought would be a 10 minute task cam out to be more than 30 minutes by the time I got done with the task.
As I was about to start the cleaning job, I've realized something that closely related to the idea of Aristotle. Even before I started to clean my room, every object in my room was categorized into certain categories depending on how it looks, what it is made of, and the way it is being used as. What was more surprising to me was that even though I didn't really think about the task beforehand, my mind has already been done categorizing the materials into certain categories that I believed the object will fall under.
After realizing the cool fact about my mind, I continued with my steps and went on to actually cleaning the room. As I was working, I came across very memorable and sad letters and gifts that I've received when I was leaving my friends behind in Korea to come to United States. It was definitely one of the most meaningful memory that I wouldn't forget in my lifetime. However, what was significant about this discovery was that I've learned an important idea from this. To be more specific, by categorizing and cleaning up the room from the mess, I've gained a chance to think back about my own past and was able to link it to the future. By doing this, it became much clear to me how the past has connection to present and I was able to see see more clearly into myself. In my opinion, this cleaning task that seemed simple was a time well spent.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Best of Week: How Did Philosophy Evolve From Time To Time?
Best of Week: How Did Philosophy Evolve From Time To Time?
As the days went by without me noticing, I got much familiar with the philosophical book Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. As I got much familiar with the story plot, I've started to realize and understand the main ideas introduced in this book which has previously been confusing and seemed quite broad. So far, I've been able to organize and find the connection between early philophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. What I've found interesting from this was that these 3 philosophers were connected like a steps in a ladder. To be more specific, everytime you took a step farther above the ladder, the level of philosophic thinking evolved one step further than previous generation. Another interesting fact I've learned as a process of reading was that there were several opposing arguments from different philosophers that led to the advancement in the level of philosophy.
However, there was more important fact that came to my mind after organizing these important thoughts. I think that after learning about the process that philosophic thinking has been through, I've started to think about the process of how everything became how it is now more often than I used to in the past. Additionally,since I'm currently learning about the formation of Earth and the life on Earth in AP Environmental Science class in school, I'm starting to question more specifically about a subject and getting more into the basis of it. For instance, when we learn about the evolution of animals on the planet Earth, I now use my philosophical knowledge in order to answer the questions which has not been possible with just a scientific knowledge itself. Even though it is really useful in some cases, there are times when this idea of thinking is slow and more stressing way. Since I have to think about every possibility and the outcome of certain activity. Afterall, The positive side of the philosophic thinking seems to outweigh the negative side of it.
As the days went by without me noticing, I got much familiar with the philosophical book Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. As I got much familiar with the story plot, I've started to realize and understand the main ideas introduced in this book which has previously been confusing and seemed quite broad. So far, I've been able to organize and find the connection between early philophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. What I've found interesting from this was that these 3 philosophers were connected like a steps in a ladder. To be more specific, everytime you took a step farther above the ladder, the level of philosophic thinking evolved one step further than previous generation. Another interesting fact I've learned as a process of reading was that there were several opposing arguments from different philosophers that led to the advancement in the level of philosophy.
However, there was more important fact that came to my mind after organizing these important thoughts. I think that after learning about the process that philosophic thinking has been through, I've started to think about the process of how everything became how it is now more often than I used to in the past. Additionally,since I'm currently learning about the formation of Earth and the life on Earth in AP Environmental Science class in school, I'm starting to question more specifically about a subject and getting more into the basis of it. For instance, when we learn about the evolution of animals on the planet Earth, I now use my philosophical knowledge in order to answer the questions which has not been possible with just a scientific knowledge itself. Even though it is really useful in some cases, there are times when this idea of thinking is slow and more stressing way. Since I have to think about every possibility and the outcome of certain activity. Afterall, The positive side of the philosophic thinking seems to outweigh the negative side of it.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Best of Week: What Major Role Does Philosophy Play?
Best of Week: What Major Role Does Philosophy Play?
When I didn't read the book "The Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder", only knowledge and fact I had about the word "philosophy" was just basic and plain thought that was wondering in my head for a long time. To tell you the truth, I didn't actually have a chance to learn it nor invested my time in observing the true meaning of what it truly meant. This week in our humanities class, we, as a class, came across the book and by just reading the title, I didn't have any clue of figuring out the story behind the curtain. However, it proved to have much deeper story hiding behind this dark curtain.
When I started reading the book, i was confused by the structure of the beginning of the story. This specific book started with the character in the book questioning the other character and the readers at the same time. In the previous books that I've read, I've never encounted this type of structure. I believe that the specific structure that this book offers got me interested even before I started. To be more specific, it asked a question asking "Where does the world come from?".
As I was reading the novel, I learned much more interesting information that I've never questioned myself before. When I started the journey of reading, this fact caught my attention instantly. It stated that mankind's philosophic questioning started by the sense of wonder and that philosophy has been widely accepted in answering questions that could not have been answered in the early ancient times. The reason I found this statement interesting was the fact that this one line poses multiple points that can lead to the 21st century world. In my opinion, the mankind could not have advanced this far without the sense of wonder and questioning that we have as a given talent. If the humans did not have this ability, we would not have questioned how we came to exist and would not have any advancement due to the fact that they are satisfied by their own surrounding. I believe that philosophy had a significant role in bringing advancements and technologies that we take for granted in the current world of information.
When I didn't read the book "The Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder", only knowledge and fact I had about the word "philosophy" was just basic and plain thought that was wondering in my head for a long time. To tell you the truth, I didn't actually have a chance to learn it nor invested my time in observing the true meaning of what it truly meant. This week in our humanities class, we, as a class, came across the book and by just reading the title, I didn't have any clue of figuring out the story behind the curtain. However, it proved to have much deeper story hiding behind this dark curtain.
When I started reading the book, i was confused by the structure of the beginning of the story. This specific book started with the character in the book questioning the other character and the readers at the same time. In the previous books that I've read, I've never encounted this type of structure. I believe that the specific structure that this book offers got me interested even before I started. To be more specific, it asked a question asking "Where does the world come from?".
As I was reading the novel, I learned much more interesting information that I've never questioned myself before. When I started the journey of reading, this fact caught my attention instantly. It stated that mankind's philosophic questioning started by the sense of wonder and that philosophy has been widely accepted in answering questions that could not have been answered in the early ancient times. The reason I found this statement interesting was the fact that this one line poses multiple points that can lead to the 21st century world. In my opinion, the mankind could not have advanced this far without the sense of wonder and questioning that we have as a given talent. If the humans did not have this ability, we would not have questioned how we came to exist and would not have any advancement due to the fact that they are satisfied by their own surrounding. I believe that philosophy had a significant role in bringing advancements and technologies that we take for granted in the current world of information.
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