After Watching Nicholas of Cusa

       Seriously, I try to get involved in the whole concept about this film. However, there are still some parts I can’t really understand especially the previous two minutes. First of all, “every inquiry is comparative and uses the means of comparative relation,” shows from the film. What does this mean? Is that means I can compare two possible situation in an inquiry? Or isn’t it any exception? I get confused from this scene until it talked about the manner of number.

Nevertheless, I agree with Solomon that he maintained that all things are difficult and unexplainable in words which also show from the film. We can’t define a lot of things just use words. Everything is multidimensional. We can’t look things in one way. In addition, my favorite sentence from the film is “The more he knows that he is unknowing, the more learned he will be.” If we are expert in everything, why do we still here to learn? We learn because we don’t know. Unknowing is not shameful; otherwise, if we pretend knowing something we don’t know, that’s woeful. Just be brave to say I don’t know when you’re struggling in your problems, and you will learn more and more from teaching. 

After Watching the Film: Java Philosophy

       That’s a great short film that clearly shows what the producer what to express about. In this film, there are two mottos that I like. First, “I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations—one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it—you will regret both.” said Soren Kierkegaard. That’s not easy to decide what is right or wrong. I never know what will be happen tomorrow. I can’t have the cake and eat it too. What I can do is let the regret be at lowest.

       In addition, “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” said Jean Paul Sartre. That’s also a great motto. We can’t judge anybody’s live style. There are no exactly correct answers to respond how to live. People have their right to live whatever they want such as some people devote their whole life to earn more money, others spend most of time to help people, and the others think they can isolate themselves from all society.

       Finally, I get confused on the motto which is “I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved,” said S.K. Can anybody tell me what the motto mean? Thank you very much. 

After Watching the Interview with Aldous Huxley

       First of all, I want to say I saw this interview about five times because of my poor English. When I watched the video, I stopped again and again to look up the words. Finally, I finished it. Back to what I want to talk about after I watched the video, most of Mr. Huxley’s beliefs I agree. He talked about the overpopulation might cause the less of freedom. Let’s see what happen in today’s China and India. Even though the large cites in China are very prosperous nowadays and the government also advocate the economic reform and open policy, the government still control most of the power. The reason is there are too many people. The resource can’t provide that kind enough in the future. Most of the people in China they still think Communism is not very negative because it can control the poverty gap. However, the truth is the poverty gap has become more and more large now.

But why still have so many people believed in their government? Mr. Huxley also mentioned about the overorganization. I’m from Taiwan where is also as democratic as America. We live in a very free country. We can do whatever we want; talk whatever we think and so forth. Before I visited China, I couldn’t believe that the regime can control the media. Until I watched the TV in China, I felt that just like what Mr. Huxley said that the TV drumming in of a single idea all the time. After I asked my friends, they said that the news only report the good news about how good the government is which exaggerate the truth. Also the dramas can only play the positive shows. However, it just likes brainwashing that people watch TV all the time which influence most of the family. After I came back Taiwan, I checked all the TV shows including news channels. I also noticed that some news channels supported one of the largest parties in Taiwan, others supported the other parties. It’s not really obvious if you don’t watch it carefully.

In conclusion, I’m not trying to compare all the countries because every country has their situation that needs a right description to solve all the problems. Nevertheless, lots of policies in Taiwan we parallel with America. Even though just like Mr. Huxley wanted that we all live in a democratic country, we still need to be aware of what he predicted. 

After Reading History of Philosophy

History is history. I can’t rewrite it, rebel it, but I can elaborate it in short. Philosophy is everywhere. All cultures have had their own. Based on my reading on Wikipedia, there are four periods of philosophy history which are the Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary. First of all, most of researches show around 585 B.C. the western philosophy began in the Greek city Miletus where Thales was the first philosopher who believed “all is water”. After that there are many philosopher appeared in Athens such as Heraclitus, the Sophists and so on. However, the most important three philosophers are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They influence a lot until nowadays. Second, the medieval period runs from late 15^th century to the Renaissance. In this period, most of the philosophers concerned with Christianity. They tried to prove the God was existing. However, later on, because of the Reformation and the Renaissance, philosophers dedicated to Humanism and empiricism. In this period from post-Medieval to 20^th century we called Modern Philosophy. The most famous philosophers in this period are Galileo Galilei, Rene Descartes, and Sir Isaac Newton and so on. Finally, contemporary philosophy existed after 20^th century. There are many conflicts which philosophers tried to rebel the old knowledge and create new logical, economic, and so on.

In addition, it doesn’t like Western Philosophy that the ancient Greek philosophy influenced most of the western philosophy, so we introduce it from period to period. However, Eastern Philosophy is separated from area to area. For example, the top five philosophies in Eastern culture are Chinese Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Iranian Philosophy, Japanese Philosophy, and Korean Philosophy. Nevertheless, both Chinese philosophy and Indian philosophy influence mostly.

P.S. even though it is not very detailed, I already do my best to use my own words to illustrate the history of philosophy. 

After Reading The Socratic Universe

After I read The Socratic Universe, I would want to talk about which Philosophers I admire. There are lots of philosophers not only in the history but also around our life. There are no right or wrong in the philosophy world. Every philosopher has their belief. Even though sometimes I might disagree with some of them, I still respect their faith. However, there are some philosopher that I admire such as Lao-Tzu, a Chinese philosopher in the Spring and Autumn Period. Somehow that’s kind of difficult to explain his belief in words. However, make a long story short he believed everything in world is created by nature. We need to live peacefully with the nature, not to destroy, compete with it. The most influence faith on me is simple-minded.

On the other hand, there are lots of philosophers in the western culture, too. One of my favorite philosophers is Socrates. “I do not suppose that I know,” said Socrates. He advocated no one desires evil, no one errs or does wrong willingly or knowingly, all virtue is knowledge, and virtue is sufficient for happiness. Those we called Socratic Paradoxes influence a lot. I love it because I believe people really don’t need to be professional on everything. I don’t know is not a shameful thing. We can learn. In addition, more and more people nowadays are lack of virtue. I agree with Socrates that virtue can lead people to happiness, peace, and better life. 

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