To say that education isn 't an important asset in our society today would be fallacious. It would bring the thought to mind that education is just something that we use because we are forced into it. From a very young age we are drilled into our heads that we will get nowhere in life without first getting the proper education that we need and choosing a career path that will lead us into successfully supporting a family for the rest of our lives. The way we are brought into education as young children into adults can be both a gift and a curse. For life, education can either bring us to persons we want to be, or make us these type of zombies who live in this virtual reality of unhappiness. As humans, we grow accustomed to the things we do in life, we go to school at young age, as we grow, we get into college, get a good corporate job and eventually get married and have a family. It becomes this boring routine of doing it over and over again. Even Nietzsche explains that “ men are even lazier than they are fearful, and fear most of all the burdensome nuisance of absolute honesty …show more content…
How can we truly know ourselves? This argument that both Schopenhauer and Nietzsche present is that as a society we’ve grown accustomed to this laziness and distraught of learning through just reading and reading and not truly learning anything throughout the process. We grow in this routine, losing ourselves. Nietzsche states that “ His strength lies in forgetting himself; and if he does think of himself and his lofty goal and seems to see behind and beneath him only an insignificant heap of dross.” In this realization we see that what really made us happy in the past now seems to late to accomplish, it is a goal that at one time seemed to be what we truly wanted to do. It was a goal that defined who we truly were on the inside rather than what was put into our minds from the beginning of our
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In order to make these appeals to pathos, he presents laziness as a solution to some of man’s greatest desires. As a society, one of our major problems is happiness. Many people live their lives as sad drones stumbling through whatever life throws at them. Morley promises happiness to the “thoroughly and philosophically slothful.” He also assures the reader that the lazy man does not have the responsibilities of “the bustling man.” In more recent times stress has become a major problem for America; people adopt pills, books, candles, and even whole lifestyle changes trying to find a solution to the stress. Morley presents a resolution. One of man’s greatest desires is to be liked and respected. Morley comes out and says it very bluntly, “People respect laziness” (Morley 65). He later states that if one stays lazy through and through, that people will let you be. Too many times people have the tendency to get involved in others. When one presents themselves as a lazy man, the intruders will pass by and allow one to continue
The first stage he regards as the aesthetic stage. Anyone placed at the aesthetic stage is considered to be at the lowest stage of life. Human beings who belong to this stage are not concerned with good or evil or right and wrong. During this stage they are only concern with meeting their own personal desires, pleasures, and passions. The aesthetic stage could be considered to be the selfish stage of life since people are only concern with their own wellbeing and fail to acknowledge others; they believe they are always correct. This stage can be regarded as the immature stage as well because individuals within this stage avoid commitment and responsibility. Human beings at this stage are on a search to maximize their passions and pleasure because they want to combat their boredom. Although sometimes human beings wish to repeat pleasant experiences to relive an excitement soon enough the repetitiveness of such events will cause the initial feeling of pleasure to get lost. Boredom caused by repetitiveness at this stage are unavoidable because boredom is only temporality
First of all, Nietzsche emphasizes that human’s ultimate goal should be state of the overman, who is constantly overcoming himself and destroying old ...
...understand that is a crucial part to Nietzsche’s very own beliefs: coming to our own conclusions, and thought, believing in what is real and understanding where we are in relation to the world. While reading this Aphorism I couldn’t help but think of this idea of authenticity in our moral views. We based many of our moral ideas on things that were put forth and set in motion before we are able to make our own conclusions on an idea. Many people relay ideas and conceptions from what others think, we understand the world based on what is told to us; therefore, are the perspectives we have really from the right frame of mind. As I mentioned before, people have many interpretations as to what something means, and I think that people should continue to become more aware of what is around them and formulate authentic experiences and ethical views from doing just that.
Based on the readings “Schopenhauer as educator” by Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s “thinking of one self” and personal higher education experience I believe college level education obstruct the pursuit of true education. As humans, we enjoy patterns and repetition. The issue with uniformity is the fact we become experts at fulfilling expectations and not discover the true self. Schopenhauer embraced his uniqueness. Although it let him into a pessimistic mid set he accomplished his true self. Overcoming expectations is difficult and the fact that Schopenhauer was able to accomplish what was expected, he inspired people like Nietzsche to do the same. It is difficult to stay within the lines and follow directions blindfolded. It is actually more difficult
Firstly, Nietzsche stated that life is death in the making and all humans should not be determined by an external force rather, he believed that humans should have the incentive to think for themselves. Nietzsche claimed the future of a man is in his own hands. Simultaneously, humans are phased with struggles in the attempt to self-create themselves. Nietzsche proceeded with his argument affirming
We live in a very competitive world where, in general, people are more educated. Therefore, college education is essential to the future of our generation. The higher the education, the higher are the chances of getting a nice job. For me, education is not only important to implement my knowledge, but also to improve my communication and leadership skills, and helps me to become more confident with myself, and it also impacts in my decision-making. I love studying and learning about the world we live in. Furthermore, I believe that there are only three keys for a better and more peaceful world: education, education, and education. There is no such thing as wasting money or time in school; there is an investment in our future.
People want to be happy. No person is happier than the one with no responsibility. Christopher Morley writes his essay, “On Laziness,” to provide his opposition to this point of view and improves his point with the development of style.
Even our President Barack Obama has spoken about how important it is to make sure the children are being educated to their fullest. Learning the ability to think critically and problem-solve gives way towards national prosperity. Book, Higher Education. It is easy to see that there is a strong urge to get the best education you can receive for a reason. Education is and will always be an important factor in our society....
Education is important because it prevents my friend Kenzie from becoming a stripper to support herself and her family. Education is important because it prevents my mother from becoming homeless. Education is important because it helps me bring food to the table. All of these are reasonable arguments as to why education is important. Although our society shouldn’t prioritize its importance based on of materialistic greed, it can’t pulled out of the equation completely. Some might say that capitalism is ruining our education system but that is simply not true. In like many ideology and other religious groups, there are always the extremists that blows things out of proportion. The system requires tests, homework, school assignment, for students
Nietzsche believed we create the self through our experiences and our actions, and in order to be a complete self, we must accept everything we have done. I agree with him in this sense. Although it is easy to learn from the mistakes of others, there is no greater lesson than learning from our own mistakes. He also believed there is much more to the self than we know about. This is another example about how we learn about ourselves through our experiences and actions.
Too often, we become too caught up in our everyday mundane routines that we forget, or perhaps, never truly see what our purpose is. We forget what truly motivates us to live and what truly drives us to reach a greater goal. Oscar Wilde once said, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” As I look at the people around me, I see ones who furnish their goals with intents of gaining wealth, success, or recognition. However, are they truly happy? How many times have you actually sat down and asked yourself, “why do I do what I do?”.
Education is a vital part of society. It serves the beneficial purpose of educating our children and getting them ready to be productive adults in today's society. But, the social institution of education is not without its problems. Continual efforts to modify and improve the system need to be made, if we are to reap the highest benefits that education has to offer to our children and our society as a whole.
Education is as important as the air we breathe. It is the most important possession a person must have. Education is beneficial in many aspect of life especially, personal and social it is the only possession that cannot be taken away from you. Education is important because it will open up the windows of opportunities. In this competitive world having a good education is as important as the air we breathe because it is our weapon to conquer the world.