Hw # ?? comments on second part of lecture

To: NIKKI

I liked how you understood how powerful the word was to Banach and to you shoed you understood his lecture. Unlike the last time you actually agreed with his views which is cool but shows you have your own view on his lectures. At the same time you disagree that you can't do everything you want like fly. Maybe you should talk about how he says we act like others wants us ask, what do you think of this???

Well liked read your blog :)

To: LARCHE

I like how you say that we all follow a script because i agree we all at some point have "acted" like someone wants us to be. You also say "As I see it we are too focused on how we are to act and be around other people, never really considering who we are." I think in the end, we all are trying to find out who we are, so we try out so many " scripts" until we actually know who we are. You actually try to understand what Banach is saying, i've read other blogs where they just plainly disagree with his views. You focus a lot on how we try to deceit ourselves from our from our freedom maybe you should try to talk another point of his like when he talks of human flourishing and our essence. But your post showed me you truly understood what Banach was saying

Enjoyed your blog! :D

HW # 3

In "The Ethics of Absolute Freedom" : Part 2 of Banach's lecture, he says that to understand what absolute freedom is; " we must first see how, even though our inescapable nature is to be free, we inevitably tend to try to escape our freedom........ We attempt to deceive ourselves and act as if we weren't free, as if we were really by our nature , our body or the expectations of other people." I agree with this because we do have absolute freedom but sometimes we choose not to completely use our freedom. Due to the fact that we let others, our body and our nature make who we are. I understand when he says the expectations of others but what about our nature and our body? Body as in how we look or as in what?? Our nature could be our personality the way one acts or maybe even our ethics??

In the third paragraph, he says we all have said things like; " I can't talk to people. I don't have that kind of personality or I can't pass this course, I just don't have the brain for calculus or I don't know what happened. I guess the beer made me crazy." I believe these are just excuses we come up with to explain our actions, when really we have the freedom to choose what we want to be or do. For example for the line that says " I can't pass this course, I just don't have the brain for calculus" we choose not to actually try to understand it. I know we all have strengths and weaknesses but we can " have the brain for calculus" because we have freedom to at least try to understand it not just give up.

I really like the part where he states we all make ourselves the image other people have of us;

" We are a different person with our friends than with our parents. We are different person with a lover than with our acquaintances, and we are different still when we are in the classroom or at a job interview." I believe this is absolutely true, we do act a certain way with different people. I don't think it makes us fake, in the end we still are who we are because we have the "absolute freedom" to choose our actions.

I am going to try to answer some of the questions my schoolmates have with my view on them : For example “How does religion play a role in this?” I think it plays a role because it is part of how we choose to live, our absolute freedom. But some might say that it's just another way we deceive ourselves from our freedom. BUT at the same time we have the freedom to choose what we believe in. These kind of thoughts are the type of thoughts that are seen differently by each person, never a correct answer.

Well these are my thoughts and views on Banach's lecture: Part 2.

"HW 2 - Comments 1"

To: Nikki

I liked how you said you thought " Banach's Lecture" was BS but also stated why you thought this. You say we may only feel what we feel at FIRST but you can share your feelings . I agree I think we can share our feelings but at the same time only at a certain extent. Also the part where you say it's impossible to be alone in the world , i believe your right but some just choose not to. Your blog was interesting and enjoying but maybe you should expand on maybe other points you might agree with like for example do you think we all see things differently because we are all "absolute individuals" or not?? Your blog made me consider my own because it showed me reasons why Banach's lecture may not be true, at the same time we also had common views on it. Hope to read more of your blogs :)

To Larche:

I like how you used yourself as an example to explain what you thought Banach's lecture. You say " I think that as long as you don't have any regrets about the way you choose to live your life and are happy with the outcome then that's all that should matter." I agree i think that connects with " absolute freedom" because you have the freedom to just be happy. You can expand your blog by maybe adding points you may disagree or agree with, for example do you think we are absolutely alone in the world ? Can we only feel our pains, our pleasures, our hopes etc ? Your blog made me consider a lot of questions you ask, like when you say " Is there a right or wrong way to life your life? " I too believe it is different for everyone. Enjoyed reading your blog.

I think what Banach means when he says "absolute individuals" is that we are all definite individuals that no one sees things we see or feel because we are all different. I agree but it makes me question if this absolutely true then when we connect with others, do we just imagine it? Because he says " Each of us is trapped within our own mind, unable to feel anything but our own feelings and experiences."

In the the first paragraph he asks what human freedom is, I think how us as human have freedom to have our own opinions, views , feelings, etc. Which make us all definite individuals because have the freedom to be different. He also asks what is human flourishing and human happiness, I think human flourishing is how we grow to become the person we are, the individual. Human happiness happens when we take our individuality seriously, because we accept that we all have different ways to think and feel so no one can fully understand anyone as well as themselves.

Some points I found strange were when he talked about the seat under your rear - end and then talks about if we really see people from inside and feel what they feel. But I hope that Banach is not right because if he is and we are completely alone then I am concerned. Because then everything we feel or connect with others is fake which would make life sad.