the mind should embrace greater levels of optimality so as to absorb knowledge and achieve life achievements.

Do you accept idealism? Why or why not? If you don’t accept it, how do you refute it?
July 27, 2019
Do the reasons given in this discussion support Socrates’ claim? Why or why not?
July 27, 2019

the mind should embrace greater levels of optimality so as to absorb knowledge and achieve life achievements.

Skepticism in most scenarios makes human believes that we can never a comprehensive knowledge on reality. Although believing on skepticism may discourage people to find the truth, people have to 1- recognize one’s ignorance and 2- commit to a life of self-examination because as human that is the best action people can do on their journey to find the truth. Human naturally seeks more of comfort rather than truth. Recognizing one’s ignorance is not easy task to do. In Plato’s view, in order to recognize the truth one has to identify one’s ignorance and commit one’s self to self-examination. In the analysis on the Allegory of the cave by Plato it was not until some prisoners arrived that they realized they had been focusing on images rather than the real personalities this is considered as ignorance. The prisoners failed to analyze reality due to lack of knowledge which is ignorance. On the aspect of self-examination one should constantly valuate capacity and personal life circumstances so that the ruling out is based on reality and not wrong conceptualization of human ability. Additionally, acquiring of knowledge is termed as wisdom. Socrates identified his ignorance because he knows that he knows nothing. Therefore, in seeking the truth people should eliminate the element of ignorance as philosopher seeks to do so that life activities can be pursued passionately and with fewer struggles. Furthermore, Euthyphro uses wrong sentiments in court which could rule out a wrong verdict to people due to misinterpretation. This explains the essentiality of acquiring knowledge while seeking the truth and justice. Living a virtuous life holds a significant essentiality on social life. It ensures that all the important life virtues are not ignored. Virtuous life is structured in such a way that it realizes the limitations of the body and caring for the soul as an important asset of life and the body. Hume’s position in ethics advocate that living a virtuous life is difficult if one does not recognize his limitations. The body limitations would inhibit the achievement of important life virtues. Since all human beings are subject to varying passions, virtues come along to harmonize the differences. If lives Virtues are not identified, then it becomes challenging to interrelate with others. The limitation of parts of the body should be identified and worked on so as to reap out the best out of it. Living a virtuous life eliminate ignorance in seek of truth. This is because importance life virtues create urge to acquire knowledge. In order to have best life, people should care for the soul by avoiding its contamination from the body. Since the soul is the most valuable asset of the body it should be highly valued. The entity of a body or any element does not exist independently because the soul is intertwined with the body. Aristotle emphasize that the body cannot be separated from the soul therefore it has to be cared for at all costs possible. The value of the soul helps relates to how important it is one should commit in self-examination while seeking the truth, this two pigments cannot be separated. In life so as to achieve a life full of greatness one has to incorporate the aspect of living virtuously and should also commit to the welfare of others. Living virtuously means that all the important life virtues are not neglected and therefore the relations among an individual and the society are based on respect and appreciation. Ethics are also incorporated in this element therefore assuring a better society than that one whose morals are well looked into. According to moral philosophy maintaining to life virtues intrigues the feeling of greatness to an individual. Plato’s success was as result of his character and personality throughout his writings and imprisonment. This accrues to the value of life virtues that brings out success in seeking the truth. There could be a greater satisfaction that is generated by helping or caring for other personalities. It injects happiness on great levels and gives an assurance of having made an impact on other people’s life. People seek greatness through rivalry but greatness that ejects happiness is usually from committing one’s efforts to the welfare of others. It makes one feel an important and valuable asset to the world. Therefore, in order to be perceived great and valuable in the society one has to serve others on humility. In this context Euthyphro seeks justice for the victim who was killed by his father which astonishes the Socrates. His zeal to care for the victims injects a satisfying feeling of greatness because he is able to identify the truth by seeking information and relevant knowledge. In achievement of greatness one should always challenge personal assumptions so that you do not get pre-consumed by the idea that you already know a lot. The men of the Athens assumed to have a divine knowledge on craftsmanship and thus they boasted about it in seek of popularity and fame. Concisely, this turned out to be the opposite because their efforts were undesirably not considered and recognized by people in the society. Therefore one should challenge their abilities and reasoning on wisdom so as to achieve greatness. According to Euthyphro It should go beyond being a star to humility in sharing the knowledge. Recognition of personal efforts towards serving others or towards duties improves performance of the victims. For instance some philosophers like Euthyphro fail to recognize the combination of efforts of the Socrates, the court, the council and other relevant bodies. On the contrary Euthyphro accuses Socrates for spoiling the youths. This act infringes Socrates on high levels because his mission is compounded on helping the youths. This clearly rules out the significance of recognizing other people’s efforts and contribution towards success. Otherwise it would imply that the individuals are not significant and not appreciated. Failure to recognize others efforts may result to ignorance because of resistance to acquire knowledge. Acquiring of a good and a great life is compounded on the following; passionately engaging in life activities and committing passionately into a life of self reflection more frequently and not with any form of bias. So as to achieve a great good life one should exploit ones passion which helps to create a personal commitment in self assessment. Though one’s passion may be conflicting to other personalities they should be structured in such a way that they bring out happiness to the victim. Besides, Plato argues that the life activities that may seem not appealing they should apprehend optimistically so as to reduce mind burdens that limit our happiness and consequently making the world the worst place to live in. In order to enjoy maximally of what life has to give one has to conduct self valuations constantly. With consistent valuation and assessment one can easily identify if he is not in line with personal visions and goals. On the Pre-Socratic modals, self reflection help identify the shortcomings of an individual on a personal basis so that they are not expressed to other individuals who dot deserve the reparations. This is an expression of commitment to self valuation. Therefore, the concept of mirror valuations holds significance in maintaining a good life because the social environment will compounded on individuals strengths. In the journey to Knowledge, the valuable elements involve recognizing limitations of the body and embracing the rational powers of the mind. The process of acquiring knowledge involves identifying and acknowledging limitations and relevant weaknesses. Instead of remaining lofty about the shortcomings, one should embrace them so that the emotions do not influence the mind and to maintain a sense of direction according to Plato. In acquiring of knowledge one should focus on the main objective just as the journey to Ithaca postulates. On journey to Ithaca, one should never focus on the challenges but the ultimate goal of getting to Ithaca should be the drive. Though it may take long time the happiness lasts for long years just like knowledge never rots. Therefore, the limitations of the body should not victimize one in acquiring the right content and quality of knowledge. With accumulated knowledge ignorance in seek for truth is eliminated and thus paves way easily. Most importantly the weaknesses or the limitations should utilize as the stepping stones to achieving the desired success by the persons involved. The strengths should on the contrary be the drives. While acquiring knowledge one should be compounded on a positive mind that is not based on wild opinions. If the opinions of the mind are allowed to accumulate then it would block the mind in scooping the best pigments of knowledge and thus hinder our journey in seeking the truth. As we have realized knowledge eradicates ignorance on seeking the truth. On the Meditations of first philosophy, Descartes was established on many wrong youthful opinions on science which brought along a wrong conceptualization of the facts. The philosopher seeks to establish anything firm and long lasting in science however it was in vain. This explains that the mind should embrace greater levels of optimality so as to absorb knowledge and achieve life achievements. After Descartes decided to let go of the wrong opinions his achievements improved on great levels. Thus the rationale of our minds influences the way we perceive knowledge.