Where in our lives do we find our existence,
As David Banach argues that in our lives humans "existence comes before our essence", since before now we never had a purpose before this time, but since we as humans evolve from monkeys or chimps then our essence is to evolve and live on in different climates and terrains. after our essence has dried our now and our new purpose has been given to us by our own kind. he says that each person can choose "to identify" ourselves, but we as humans cant identify ourselves since we all have natural essence in us.
Our "freedom" is not the question to be asking about, but how each individual is tied to this world by invisible strings that we can never break apart from, like gravity. Each of us will never have any freedom not matter which way you think of it. as long as there is someone controlling someone else actions there is no freedom, it is how our society runs. the higher powers or "gods" like David said will restrict all points of freedom, since in this society you need a job to earn money and to live a good life style, and they "teach" us that we don't want to have a bad life style like those who live in the streets. then our"human nature" kicks in and makes us want to survive to what they taught us. he and all these other people might think that they have absolute freedom but my looking all around all his points are wrong and we will never have our freedom anymore as long as this society stands.
David also talks about how all these "objects" around us takes away our freedom but these objects gives us freedom, it just matters how each person use them, if they decide to use them. i feel that David just keeps saying the same points over and over again, since he talks about how if we "detach" ourselves from these materialistic ideal than we will gain freedom from out "inner self", but its all a lie. who knows that this world is what gives our individuality or not so i might be wrong but we will just have to evolve and find out as the essence of our lives.
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Vincent,
ReplyDeleteI like how you give a different point of view from many other people. Most agree with what Banach has to say and yet you disagree with all his points. I admire you for this because it gives me more to think about, then just taking his words for the truth.
I disagree with you when you say that humans do not have freedom. I feel that the only people that can take away your freedom is yourself. Yes, society can but it is within our choice to follow the set rules that are given to us. These rules may wind up as the factor for the loss of our freedom but in truth each person has say over his mind and body. For instance Banach says that we are our minds, even though our body may be subject to control of others there is still our mind which can never be chained down.
I like how you starte with "where in life do we find our existence" and the "invisible strings" was a good metaphor.
ReplyDeleteYou are saying that we have no freedom. That we are controlled by others as well in how we live our life. I agree with what you are saying that we are controlled by other forces but I think we still have freedom in the small tiny matters.
I can see how Banach has been repeating a lot of his points and some of them that are general points that can be put as lies.
I think you could have explain about identifying ourselves since we all have natural essence in us because I didn't really understand that. I think you should elaborate on the "all points of freedom" are restricted and why does our freedom is not the question to be asking about? Why can't we ask about freedom?
Vincent you could have written a lot more than you think you could. So stop being lazy and go write more. Develop your ideas more and hope you get your good typing hands back. See you on your next post~