Richard Nisbet’s The Geography of Thought analyzes the differences between Eastern and Western ways of thinking and suggests that these differences could lead to the formation of a new third culture through the fusion of different cultures. However, there is also a risk of losing one’s own culture in the process. The book I read this time is The Geography of Thought by Richard...
This essay compares the civilized and savage societies depicted in Brave New World and criticizes the problems with civilized societies that sacrifice important values such as science, literature, family, death, inequality, and love for the sake of happiness. It concludes that a life that emphasizes family and love, with the pursuit of humanity and truth, is preferable. Recently, when I...
In Albert Camus’s The Stranger, the protagonist, Meursault, rejects social conventions and morals, living in the present without regard for emotions and religion. Because of this attitude, he is not understood at his trial and is ultimately marginalized as a stranger and sentenced to death. Introduction Albert Camus’s The Stranger is a mesmerizing tale of the glorious...
Literature is an art form in which authors combine reality and imagination to provide readers with new perspectives and deeper reflections. Through genres such as fables, they convey social messages and positively impact readers’ lives. Literature is an art form. We are moved when we read a good book, watch a movie, attend a concert, or appreciate a work of art. This is because art...
Animal testing is essential to the advancement of medicine and science, but the unethical and unnecessary nature of animal testing continues to be debated. Proper regulation and alternative methods have led to a reevaluation of the need for animal testing. Animal testing is the use of animals to conduct medical experiments to study biological phenomena and is widely used for research and...
Through Gregor’s transformation into a worm in Kafka’s work, we explore the problem of how the development of science and technology in the modern world dehumanizes us and makes us incommunicable. It reflects on the dehumanization of modern people in the pursuit of efficiency and economy. Gregor wakes up to find that he has become a bug. Transformed into a bug, Gregor is...
Evolution is the process by which living things change gradually over long periods of time. Dawkins argues that living things have increased in complexity and adaptability, which he views as progress. Gould, on the other hand, acknowledges that some organisms have increased in complexity, but not all. The theory of evolution explains the changes in living things from different perspectives...
This book is a fictionalized debate between Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould on the theories of evolution, discussing which claim is closer to scientific truth: Dawkins’ gene-centered theory or Gould’s multifaceted theory of evolution. In The Selfish Gene, Dawkins explains evolution at the gene level, while Gould argues that evolution also occurs at the individual and population...
This review of The Case Against Perfection explores the ethical issues surrounding advances in genetic engineering and the design of children, and whether parents’ decision to genetically enhance their children is simply an expression of desire or a necessary choice for their children’s health and education. The positive possibilities of genetic engineering are discussed alongside...
“The Courage to Be Disliked draws on the philosophy of Alfred Adler to present a way to pursue happiness through purposivism, which emphasizes individual interpretation and personal growth, as opposed to the causalist views of Freud and Jung. It emphasizes that overcoming feelings of inferiority and need for approval through self-acceptance and separation of tasks, living in the...
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