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.
I like how you start off your post with a question because right from the start the reader is both thinking about what your paper is about and thinking about their own feelings.
ReplyDeleteI was a bit confused when you said that you didn't agree with Banach's point about how we are born and then we make our nature. Because when you state what you do believe in the ideas sounds the same to me.
I like how you talk about how we change our personalities depending on who we are with. I can agree with that but I don't think that we do it on purpose I think it is something that just happens.
I don't think that it means that we are fake I think it means that we know how to moderate ourselves. This idea can be connected to respect as well.
I agree heavily with your point about how many of his ideas can be topics for debate as well.
Oh yeah, I enjoyed this post. It really made me think about what I was reading and how it can connect and be used for greater discussion.
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