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• Provide a vision of mankind nature that entails man as an infallible judge of good and evil. | • Provide a vision of mankind nature that entails man as an infallible judge of good and evil. | ||
• Making human the center of the scheme of things that surrounds. | • Making human the center of the scheme of things that surrounds. | ||
• When natures are seen to be a product of our mind, all that is left of the original trials of self-presence just in truth. | • When natures are seen to be a product of our mind, all that is left of the original trials of self-presence just in truth. | ||
• We should trust our feelings since emotions are perceived as a prism, which alters the shape and colors of past and present life. | • We should trust our feelings since emotions are perceived as a prism, which alters the shape and colors of past and present life. | ||
• Our memory of objective facts is colored by present feelings and motivation. | • Our memory of objective facts is colored by present feelings and motivation. | ||
• Subjective truth is prior to and more fundamental (more authentic) than object objective truth. | • Subjective truth is prior to and more fundamental (more authentic) than object objective truth. | ||
• Life is something we carry within us, and it is up to each of us to cultivate it and express it in our own personal ways | |||
• Life is something we carry within us, and it is up to each of us to cultivate it and express it in our own personal ways. | |||
• Socrate’s concept of “know thyself”, human are regarded as parts of a wider cosmic totality. | • Socrate’s concept of “know thyself”, human are regarded as parts of a wider cosmic totality. | ||
• Thus knowing yourself involved knowing above all what is your place in that complex pattern. | • Thus knowing yourself involved knowing above all what is your place in that complex pattern. | ||
• Our authenticity is defined by our nature as this fits into the overall practices and background of life of the world as a whole entity. | • Our authenticity is defined by our nature as this fits into the overall practices and background of life of the world as a whole entity. | ||
• The influence of society in constructing our self-understanding is evident. | • The influence of society in constructing our self-understanding is evident. | ||
• Grew up in great part in interaction with culture, it is incapable of directing our behavior or organizing our experience without the guidance provided (by culture’s) systems of significant symbols. | • Grew up in great part in interaction with culture, it is incapable of directing our behavior or organizing our experience without the guidance provided (by culture’s) systems of significant symbols. | ||
• Without men, no culture, certainly; but equally, and more significantly, without culture, no men. | • Without men, no culture, certainly; but equally, and more significantly, without culture, no men. | ||
• It is up to you to determine the overall shape your life will have. | • It is up to you to determine the overall shape your life will have. | ||
• Is to identify what really matters in the historical situation in which you find yourself and to take a resolute stand on pursuing those ends. | • Is to identify what really matters in the historical situation in which you find yourself and to take a resolute stand on pursuing those ends. | ||
• Must have an understanding of what is of crucial importance to you, and that means knowing where you stand within a context of questions about what is truly worth pursuing in life. | • Must have an understanding of what is of crucial importance to you, and that means knowing where you stand within a context of questions about what is truly worth pursuing in life. | ||
• What shapes your identity, according to this picture, is determined by what you identify with: the life-defining ideals and projects that make you who you are. | • What shapes your identity, according to this picture, is determined by what you identify with: the life-defining ideals and projects that make you who you are. | ||
• It is less important what you believe and feel than how deep those feelings and beliefs are. | • It is less important what you believe and feel than how deep those feelings and beliefs are. | ||
• The crucial concern is being true to the inner self as it reveals itself and expressing it openly. | • The crucial concern is being true to the inner self as it reveals itself and expressing it openly. | ||