my soc sci 2 essays

Essay no. 1

It is so awe-inspiring to know how one idea of a person could travel thru the ages of time, and still be able to affect how each person would live and how societies would survive; like bees and butterflies to a flower, waiting for the next bud to open and serve as agents of pollination, where pollen grains transfer to different flowers and start life anew with its dramatic union with the ovule.

However true, there are some times that what we sow, we shall never reap again, due to some circumstances; in this case, when an idea is replaced by another one.

The communist ideas of Karl Marx and Engels are still prevalent with the presence of communist nations, still striving against its fight with capitalism. However, we must perceive that this idea of socialism is only ideal, but never real. But still, the Marxists would argue the greatness of his philosophical contribution.

Another one idea is that of Durkheim’s. he and his idea of friendship. This, on the other hand, still falls true, practically defining how friendship can push thru with either difference or similarity.

So does with Weber and his thoughts on Legitimate Order and Types of Authority, with his precision of determining the what’s and when’s of authority.

Ergo, this just shows how man’s intellect can be perceived. It’s either you’re still there, or you’re out. There is also a cycle in philosophy, and it’s up to the signs of the times to tell us which we should use and which we should not.

Essay no. 2

Man, being the central actors of development and drama in the stage we call the Earth, has been given the full opportunity of delivering performances which should be satisfactory to the tastes of their playwright, the Omnipotent One. Being so, each human actor is expected to give a performance worthy of a standing ovation and applaud, so as to prove his “essential” presence on the stage. But then, each actor goes thru several real-life dramas to obtain the necessary skill of internalization and understanding each and every line presented to him in the script. How? Why? I guess then, by fulfilling the capacity to know one’s perfect projections and strengths; and by fully knowing one’s self, in order to get acclaim and applaud.

It is but proper for man to know why he is here and what he is to do. No matter what his faith is or where he thinks he came from, the constant search for the true meaning of human life implies his gratitude and appreciation of the life he was given. One topic about human life that probably gets more attention is the definition of human happiness, which is the primary necessity out of the physical aspects of life.

Several thinkers have exerted effort in producing answers to this long search, and it is nice to see some similarities in each.

Each thinker presented ideas or theories that are almost perfect. Plato reckoned that happiness is achieved thru logic and reasoning, Aristotle with the nature of man.

These theories are either taken full or internalized bit by bit by man, and applied dominantly or not.

By doing so, man is like experimenting on which one of the theories would better define what life is and comes up with the perfect philosophy to live by.