hw # 2

What is it that makes us?

Does essence precede existence or does existence precede essence. What is it about essence that makes someone who they are, emotionally and spiritually. Or is it the thought of being an actual object/ body and living that makes us who we are. According to Sartre existence precedes essence "We exist and then we create our nature, our essence, who we are" Seeing how i believe in God and reincarnation etc i disagree with his statement. I believe we are born as a spirit and then form into our bodies.

When i first read his paper in class my friend Ally and I  were discussing how we are just orbs (spirits) with out our shell( our body's) and then with our "orb" we make the rest of our life up. Such as the friends we make based on personality and the relationship's we get into based on the emotional connection we make with a person. 

I can meet someone for the first time and introduce myself as what i see myself as or i can introduce myself as what i want other people to see me as. Is it the costume of someone that gets them accepted into a group of people or is it the person's true identity that gets them accepted?. We are all judged and all try to fit into a certain group of people, and don't get the opportunity to act our self. Were ever we go we act fake in order to be accepted. I don't talk to my mom the same way i do with my friend's... is that me being fake or me respecting my mom as an older figure? 

If something bad goes wrong we blame someone or something  else for the outcome instead of our self's. We control our body's, our thoughts, and our emotion's. "I am free to do what ever i choose" Banach thinks we have power over our self's and shouldn't blame other's for the outcome of what we cause weather its bad or good. I agree with this because no one can make us do anything we don't want. Such as being rude to a teacher, yelling at our mom, hurting someone, etc. We are in control of our body and mind which makes us responsible for everything we contribute in. 

I don't necessarily agree with all of Banach's idea's and theory's but i do think his idea's are logical and opens one's mind for debate.

 

comments for hw # 2

It was interesting how you spilt up the statement "absolute freedom" and explained what you thought each word meant and connected it back to the lecture. It was entertaining how at one point during your blog you sort of have a conversation with the reader when you say "I don't want to sound like a cynic.." it pulled me more into your blog cause i felt like you were holding a conversation with me.

Its obvious that one major point was that you agree with the lecture to a point but that you still have your own opinions about certain topics, such as how freedom is a dream and ideas are just thoughts to people who can't accept that we are tied down. (Btw that sentence really had and impact on me) 

In your blog you talk about how were alone and don't really understand each other's emotions... if this is true how do relationships work? how are people attracted to one another? 

I thought overall your blog was good and it grabbed my attention from the start. There were a couple of grammar mistakes so just reread over you work when your finished. 

Reading your blog opened my mind about a couple of things... how in reality no matter how hard we try we will always be constricted by someone who is higher then us that will controls us and how we are always constricted by our own thoughts so we never open our minds to others.

I really enjoyed your blog i can't wait to read your ones to come.

comments for hw #2

It was good how when you disagreed with Banach's statement you you backed it up with a thoughtful response and didn't just say..."i disagree". It was interesting how instead of using full quotes you just used a certain statement or category... for example : absolute individuals and absolute freedom, it seemed a lot more powerful then if you would have used a whole quote. 

After reading your blog it was clear that one of your main point was that you disagreed with Banach's opinion and that you thought it wasn't possable to be an absolute individual because you believe that everyone is considered family.

Your blog connects to a lot of what i have been taught in the past. I don't agree with it but in church it is taught that everyone is one and that we are all connected in some way. Everyone's opinion is different so there is no right or wrong idea about this topic.

Reading through your blog i found grammar mistakes and punctuation mistakes so just reread over your work once your done. You should expand your idea's a little more by using more evidence from the text and then explaining why you disagree with that certain quote. 

After reading "Also it depends on religion because we as people are viewed to be one big family and to help and care for each others. and basically that means that we depend on one another", it brought the whole concept of religion into the picture because different religions believe in different things so depending on what you believe in our whole perspective can be changed.

I enjoyed your blog and the new idea you brought up for me, can't wait to read your next blog.

Individuality comes from what we make our self's. Weather we let other peoples contradictions effect us or if we but a block wall between others and us. "Only we feel our pains, our pleasures, our hopes, and our fears immediately, subjectively, from the inside" Someone can come up to use and ask us what's wrong. They can say "oh i know exactly how you feel" Truth is no one really knows how we feel. They might feel the connection in the situation but never the same exact feeling. After reading that quote i understood the point David Banach was trying to make. What makes us individuals or gives us our individuality is the feelings we have... every one feels something different depending on the situation but never knows exactly what we are feeling at that moment.