...models, my colleagues, and in my friends I can pin point three virtues that I find to be most imperative. These virtues include honesty, reliability, and wisdom. I find these virtues to be important in all aspects of life; when we are growing up and look to our parents and other role models to shape ourselves, when we are building friendships and relationships, and when we are conducting business. Growing up/ Role Models It is important that our parents, teachers, and other role models hold these virtues. We need them to be honest in telling us what is right and wrong and what the real consequences of our actions are. We need them to be honest about what is happening in the environment around us, so that we can be knowledgeable. We need them to teach us that honesty gets us further in life. We quickly learn that in the short term lying can get us out of trouble or get us what we want. It can even make it easier to make someone else happy or comfortable in certain situations. But by being honest we build trust which is important for strong relationships, and with honesty comes less stress. When you begin to tell lies you create this alternate reality, which depending on how many lies are told and the extent of your lies, can become difficult for you to remember. This in turn can cause you to make up new lies to save your old lies and create stress for yourself by having to remember it all. As your mother always told you, honesty is the best policy. Our role models should also...
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...the deficiency vice of cowardice and the excess vice of recklessness. With the mean we refer to try to find a center that takes into account just circumstances and decisions according to the actions we take, in this way Aristotle argues that getting angry is easy getting angry with the right person, in the right form, during the adequate time is difficult but this from is adequate, right and fair and it is where virtue lies. Without a doubt it is necessary to evaluate carefully the situations and circumstances we face. And also Aristotle indicated that Justice is impartial and remains impartial in any situation for example you need to see the limits of this impartiality as to is not good getting angry without limits but also is not good not getting angry for a bad action, that is why the mean balance the situation and gives a fair response. By practical wisdom find mean in any situation where virtue lies, and like the good things in life it is not easy, but it is worth it. 2. Moral virtue requires intellectual guidance of practical wisdom. Cleverness...
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...Throughout the poetic books of the Bible, the theme of diligence versus laziness and wisdom versus folly appears. Oddly enough, diligence, laziness, wisdom, and folly go together hand in hand. As Hindson says, “The diligent person is wise while the sluggard is a fool…” (Hindson 2012, 263). Another comparison The Essence of the Old Testament: A Survey makes between wisdom and folly is righteousness and wickedness. From the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, we see that characters possess, at one time or another, all of these traits. For example, in Genesis, the first man and woman turned their righteousness into wickedness by eating the forbidden fruit. Since then, no one but Jesus has been a stranger to sin. Diligence is when a person makes an effort to accomplish something. Laziness is the opposite of this. In the book of Proverbs, we see several statements comparing diligence and laziness. “Lazy behavior results in poverty while diligence results in wealth” (Hindson 2012, 266). Throughout history, from Biblical times to modern times, people have shown diligence in working for what they want out of life. Many of the Hebrew people were diligent in both their work and worship. As with any group of people, however, some of the Hebrews struggled with the idea that you should draw strength from God, instead of getting angry at Him when things aren’t going the way you’d hoped. Job lost everything, but he praised God and in the end, God doubly blessed him. “The Lord...
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...Wisdom How can anyone distinguish a connection between love, youth and wisdom when every time we even consider putting these three words together a contradiction appears? A moment of thinking discloses a simple thread on which they can easily be seen linked by nothing else but “life” itself. Firstly, we should never forget the fact that the moment we open our arms and embrace this world, our mind perceives every quality, ability or incapacity the human being is able to “possess” as a reality. But they have yet not grown before our eyes to make us better, stronger or more fragile. As time goes by it is for the heart to meet youth and all that it brings forward: adventure, smiles and hope. Still, a young soul can remain unchanged even if the body grows old and memories get lost in time. A more dynamic persona means a lively existence, while passivity within does not involve much. Without doubt youth has no age. However, the main difference between a teenager and a grown-up remains: knowledge, the process of piling up facts, becomes wisdom which lies in their simplification. In the early stages wisdom is rare, but not impossible. Some reach a certain level of perceptivity sooner than others due to many events of a high importance in one’s life. Besides those “exceptions”, the saying “In youth we learn, in age we understand” can be recognized as truth by all of us. Nevertheless, there is no dissimilarity between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love. People...
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...Hebrew Wisdom on Diligence and Laziness Bible 105-B27 LUO: Old Testament Survey 201320 Spring 2013 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx L33333333 Liberty University February 24, 2013 Hebrew Wisdom on Diligence and Laziness There is a great deal of Hebrew wisdom in the Bible in regards to the subjects of diligence and laziness. Throughout the book of Proverbs the words of lazy and diligence can be found in many different forms. Sluggish, sluggard, and idle describe laziness. The word diligence can also be considered as, thorough, attentive, and persistence. Each of these words, found in the Bible, can reference diligence, and laziness within Hebrew Wisdom in many cases. The book of Proverbs is the Hebrew book of Wisdom. Its purpose is to provide practical instructions to live a wise, well ordered live. The difference between being diligent, wise, lazy, and having folly is knowledge. Proverbs addresses this in its first chapter: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). This is the most basic ingredient in wisdom. All wisdom depends on knowledge of God and the submission to His will. To think or believe that you know something, but you do not know God negates the value of having knowledge. Wisdom comes from being faithfully diligent in the Word of God. Many positive effects come from being diligent. Some of those are wealth, wisdom, abundance, power, satisfaction, profit, and meaningfulness. Laziness brings...
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...life, and is afraid of letting small things pass him by without him noticing them. This belief carries over into how he raises his crops, which is slowly to nurture the best taste. In regards to taste, Masumoto states, “If we’ve done our work correctly, it’s no longer about our fruits but rather the creation of a personalized story of flavor, a spirit of perfection that goes beyond our farm’s boundaries” (Wisdom Of The Last Farmer 210). With the development of corporate farming, however, this belief of savoring food has disappeared only to be replaced by fast-food detachment....
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...someone to define perfect they will probably say something along the lines of “flawless” or “as good as it can possible be”. But if you then research ‘utopia’, a perfect society, you would find that utopia’s literal definition is ‘no place’. Yet only a few people actually pick up on that there is actually no ideal society when looking through the general public’s view. In Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) the protagonist, Guy Montag, caught on that while on the surface flawless communities are universally peaceful, underneath all that there is corruption, power, and overall mayhem. Like its society, the population reflects this by hiding their true feelings and personalities behind layers and layers of lies. And with more people hiding that, people lose knowledge and therefore lose wisdom....
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...Rushworth Kidder’s claim to society is that people should not only read for information or delight, but to read for wisdom. Kidder’s notions are correct because he states that if people continue to read only for pleasure, the society they live in will start to regress. For example, “Are we headed, then, backwards into the pre-print attitudes of the Middle Ages, when the literate few ruled the illiterate many?” (Kidder). The modern society Kidder depicts is being compared to back when only the brilliant people controlled the incoherent. This quote shows that as time goes on, the society is moving backwards, rather than forwards because people fail to read correctly. Subsequently, Kidder identifies why this problem is so common among citizens....
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...book in the most beautiful way. The language of the book is avadhi. We are told in it first the reasons for the birth of lord Rama. On the insistence of various gods and goddesses. He came on the earth in the form of a human being to relieve the pain and suffering of the virtuous. This book is divided into various parts. Every part deals with a particular aspect of life or performance of Lord Rama. Every Indian likes to hear the famous story of Ramcharitra Manas. Some have great faith in it. But my reasons for liking it are quite different. I have found in it, religious, political and social wisdom. It enlightens as well entertains. Indeed, it is a true treasure-house of rare wisdom. I will give here only some of the reasons which have made this book my favourite. In Hindi Literature it stands at the top. Tulsi Dass Ji has treated all the 'Ras' in it. This is simple. The beauty lies in the fact, that he has not crossed the limit at any stage. The 'Shringar Ras' which makes the poetry romantic, has been used with rare skill. The similes and metaphors stand unparalleled at their own places. The literary Pandits maintain that not a single word of a single line can be replaced by any other word. The superiority of the composition of the book is reflected in this statement. Hindus accept it as a great religious book. It lays down the rules of conduct...
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...parts, such passages do not contradict the truth that God does NOT have material form. In Exodus 31:18, it says that the Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God. It would seem here as though God had fingers as we, human beings, have. However, the other verses in the Bible do not support such conclusion drawn from a literal understanding of the passage in question. The explanation lies within the Bible itself. In Psalms 8:3, the Bible says the heavens are the work of God's "fingers." In what sense the heavens are the work of God's "fingers" is clarified in Jeremiah 10:12, which says: "He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion." (New King James Version) Therefore, the phrase, "God's fingers" refers to the power and wisdom of God by which He created the world. In the same sense, the Lord Jesus Christ was able to "cast out demons by the finger of God" because the power and might of the Almighty God was working through Him (Lk. 11:20; Acts 10:38). It is by this same power and wisdom?quot;the finger of God"—that the Ten Commandments were written on the tablets that He entrusted to Moses. Another passage that you presented is Genesis 32:30. This passage also seems to show as though God had...
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...turn it at the end of the year. Although this paper may seem to be opposite of what my agenda is suppose to be; it is in fact my approach to a better behavior. For some people a good behavior plan may consist of exercise and physical strengthening. For others maybe a healthier diet is in need. To me a behavior plan is something that helps organize your life or puts light on issues that need to become more balanced. Ultimately a balanced life is the goal of our behavior plans. My Behavior plan is to meditate and get back to doing the one thing that I do best and that is to write. The following paragraphs are part of a daily/weekly ritual I like to call “Words of Wisdom.” They are my thoughts on various aspects of life. These thoughts are brought to me through meditation and some research. The goal of these, “Words of Wisdom” is to focus on areas of unbalance in my life and plan my approach to getting them in balance. The following is my approach and thoughts on self confidence Believing in one’s self is a structured characteristic. Self confidence isn’t obtained easily this is because there are several aspects of one’s life that must be balanced in order for self confidence to be obtained. One can’t just get confidence it is an earned characteristic and must be tried and tested. High ego or cockiness can easily be mistaken for confidence because most people associate lack of fear with being confident. However confidence is an understanding of who you are and realizing that with...
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...Success is more than just accumulation of material wealth. I believe that success is not a destination but a never ending journey in self exploration. It is unlocking your true potential to make your life itself a work of art. Success has more than one dimensions to it. Acquiring material wealth is not the only one. To what degree have you conquered your self and achieved liberation from wanting and needing things is another indicator of success. Education plays a large role in determining our potential for achieving this success. Just being able to read and write, provides you access to the vast store of human knowledge in the form of books, which is the combined wisdom of ages. A man benefits from the path shown by the great masters of any field by accessing this knowledge store. Distilling knowledge to gain wisdom is the ultimate aim of education No institution can provide better education than life itself. Besides conventional education, the lessons we learn through our day-to-day life, our ability to adapt and self introspect, adoption of a strong value system and most importantly, self belief are the keys...
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...time progresses the truth is watered down and filtered through lies. Socrates’ truth would encompass a conflict of great proportions due to the fact that in today’s society, people are not at all ready for the truth, nor do they understand it. Considering entities in society such as media, marketing, advertising, branding, political speeches, and packaging of political candidates; the list can be drawn up of how each of these no longer harper even a minute portion of truth. When media is considered, you must think of the news, reality television, and documentaries. The news is given to the people after it goes through the filtering of the gatekeepers. Society is told what the gatekeepers want them to hear. Socrates would not have adhered to the code of verbal conduct the gatekeepers of today would have offered to him. When reality television and documentaries are considered it becomes even clearer that the masses are fed sugar coated and often highly exploitive lies. Editing is a master of disguise often hiding seamlessly in the arrangement of scenarios that are not chronological in happenings. Documentaries are merely the concoction of filmmakers that are trying to tell a story from their viewpoint. Their motives are to get their biased opinion to the masses in a way that prompts them to see their side. Marketing, advertising, and branding are all molded in efforts to reel in the masses. They are often selling lies in order to attract those that will buy into their image of...
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...people do not think philosophy is practical o They do not know what it is or how it can benefit them • Know Socrates’ quote: What is the unexamined life? What did he mean when he said it wasn’t worth living? o Socrates was saying that the unexamined life is when people go through the motions of life without making the effort to reflect and think about what life is about. When Socrates says the unexamined life is not worth living, he is saying that we are not living the life we were created to live. To live a less than fulfilled life. • Know the etymology of the word “philosophy.” o Philosophy is a combination of two terms in greek: phileo and sopho. Phileo is a term for “love” Sophos is the word for wisdom. • Know the working definition of “philosophy” and explain each of its elements. o Philosophy is the...
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...metaphysical concept like the Taoism; it is the least metaphysical and the more practical of the Eastern philosophies considered. Confucius was a contemporary philosopher and also a contemporary Buddha. Below are the basic tenets of Confucianism; 1. Confucius never aimed at teaching anything new or founding anything new to the system; his aim was to simply give a re-interpretation and transmit to posterity the wisdom of the ancients. Thus he says and I quotes; “I communicate and do not invent. I have faith in antiquity and consecrate all my efforts to its cause”. The center of Confucius teaching is the concept of Jen, which has variously translated as human-heartedness (Derk Bodde, Fung Yu-lan), that by which a man is to be a man(Chan), the virtue of perfect humanity (Wei), compassion (Lin Yutang), and man – to – manness (E.R. Hughes). Jen is that which distinguishes man from animas and all the virtues, like reciprocity, loyalty, trustworthiness and courage, are expressions of it. 2. Confucius was a great lover of tradition and have great reverence for the wisdom of the ancients 3. Confucianism liberates china from the period of socio-political upheaval and moral degeneration. This he achieved after devoting sometime to the study of...
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