I know that I’m doing this a month later, but it’s better to get something done than not at all.
During class that day, we were going around the room answering questions by writing our response on the whiteboard for about 3–4 questions
Instead of doing one. I’m just going to speak about what we went off in the classroom today (But for reference I read the Montaigne). For Montaigne, I would like to say that we only have limited amount of time on this earth. Instead of being worried something can fixed or replaced, we should…
In this week’s reading Michele de Montaigne's “Of Experience”, I found myself resonating with the text. One specific quote is,
“In the experience I have of myself I find enough to make me wise if I were a good scholar. He who calls back to mind the excess of his past anger, and how far…
“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I really enjoyed what was said in “Self-Reliance” because it is very good wisdom and helps people live their best, most happy…
In the reading “Of Experience” the reading states, “A man needs at least some degree of intelligence to be able to notice that he does not know; and we must against a door to know that it is closed or us.” I agree that to be intelligent on a subject or just life in general is being admit when you do not know…
In Montaigne's essay titled “Of Experience,” he states on page 185, "I study myself more than any subject.” This quote caught my eye because I am constantly working on understanding myself in my life (and maybe you are too). I have been in and out of therapy, and during those sessions, you…
This week I chose to read Michel de Montaigne, “of Experience,” from the Essays. I thought his idea of self-exploration was interesting, specifically his opening passage on 184. He states, “Men do not know the natural infirmity of their mind: it does nothing but ferret and quest, and keeps incessantly…
Emerson ends his chapter on self-reliance by stating, “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself” (pg. 226). This week’s discussion of self-discovery is very thought-provoking and has me thinking about who I am as a person and what I want to become in the future…
I think that Emerson brings up so many interesting points in “Self Reliance,” but the thing I kept finding myself thinking about is how we can be expected to find our self-trust in a world that is so focused on conformity.
Week 9
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writes about being a nonconformist and about how a person’s skills and intelligence should be utilized in order to make a meaningful life for oneself. Emerson believes in the philosophy of “transcentdalism,” which means that the world around us is a result of our own “manifestation of a more…