09/13/16

The Lamb/ The Tyger

What makes me wonder is why the lamb is given the indication of innocence not only in nature, but also in higher functions such as the existence of a creator. While the tyger isn’t given any questions to see if it knew what created its viscous nature and image, but questions the morals and reasoning of the creator.

09/11/16

John Keats: Ode to a Grecian Urn

In this writing Keats often refers the urn to various objects and beings that are alive yet unable to progress as if trapped in time like “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter…Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave” is he referring to the urn itself and the culture the urn is a part of or is he referring to whats inside the urn presumably some person’s ashes and the untold stories that are associated with him

09/6/16

journey to the west

Is Sun Wu Kong fear of death originate from his lack of normal worries. When he and his kingdom discovers the waterfall caves they meet all the needs they previously worried about like food shelter, etc. They also separated themselves from the interaction of other animals like the birds. Is it due to a lack of these daily trials and tasks the bring Sun Wu Kong focus on the goal of immortality and later find himself a disciple to a man simply living day to day, a man surrounded by these worries.

08/31/16

Descartes discourse on method

Descartes mentions in his writing that he periodically rejects aspects and fields of study that he claimed to be muddled with opinion and conflicting doubt to create true knowledge.  Yet by disregarding these fields of study even with their issues doesn’t he also reject needed view points and sources to help prove his belief in the existence of god