The views of Hume and Descartes concerning our knowledge of the world differ in a way that Hume’s philosophy is that of empiricism while Descartes is that of rationalism. Descartes chief work is the Discourse on Method, whose starting point is the rejection of all received knowledge. This leaves Descartes alone with his thoughts: “I…
Justice is not enough; Charity is required. Justice demands that we give others their due and that we respect their right to dignity. That is the alpha and omega of well-being. Even if cold reality brings out, in bold relief, the wages of sin in others, we try and give excuses for their failings. Even…
I was a fearful little child way back then. One thing I was terribly afraid way back then was to be caught doing something wrong. With that I did not have the guts to disobey whatever the old ones would want me to do. If I were explicitly told to stay and not to play…
Nowadays, obesity is becoming a serious problem growing at an increasingly alarming rate all over the world. It is now considered as a global epidemic and as such, there are now surgical procedures being done that can help people lose unwanted and unhealthy excess weight. One procedure that is fast becoming popular is the Gastric…
Collegial supervision in schools is the anti-thesis of personal government that characterizes the management style of quite a number of schools at present where the principal or headmaster is the supreme leader in his or her little kingdom. There is certainly nothing wrong in personal forms of supervision that hinge on the basic premise of…
When I first read the poem entitled “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, I formed a negative impression. This reaction could be justified due to some words used in the poem. “The whiskey on your breath” is poem line enough to evoke image of a drunken man. The feeling of revulsion is a typical response…
