Just a Girl from the North

Procrastination. The inevitable habit of delaying or postponing something. We all struggle with procrastination in our day to day lives. For example, we have an essay or a blog post due every Saturday by 11:59 p.m. We also have questions due the night before every class, also by 11:59 p.m. Determination talks to me in my head saying, “Go ahead and get it done when your classes for the day are over. That way you’ll be free the rest of the night.” However, procrastination takes its toll and I end up submitting my assignment under an hour until it’s due. In another scenario, procrastination pushes me so far that I simply forget about the assignment and end up using one of the delighted favors we are given. Procrastination is a parasite in the minds of a college student, like myself, and can cause so much regret. Marcus Aurelius highlights this issue of procrastination in his reflections, Meditations . My struggles with procrastination have mainly to do with school. However, Marcus Aur...

Many concepts are hard to grab in life, such as what is good and what is happiness. These concepts are highlighted in the book, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics . Aristotle states on pages four and five, “Now, let us pick up again and--since all knowledge and every choice have some good as the object of their longing--let us state what it is that we say the political art aims at and what the highest of all the goods related to action is. As for its name, then it is pretty much agreed on by most people; for both the many and the refined say this it is happiness, and they suppose that living well and acting well are the same thing as being happy.” Aristotle is basically saying that the best type of good is happiness. Now, one would think that this is absolutely obvious. If something good happens, does that not automatically effect in happiness? However, when is anything obvious when it comes to philosophy? This concept of happiness and good first need to be truly defined. It is agreed t...

Does a true wise man fear death? In Plato’s Apology , Socrates argues his answer with Meletus and the rest of those judging him. Meletus accuses Socrates of corrupting the young people and also accuses him of being a complete atheist(27). Socrates attempts to defend himself by pointing out the multiple contradictions of Meletus. One of these contradictions includes the accusation that Socrates is corrupting and deteriorating the youth intentionally. Socrates responds with the statement, “But you have just admitted that the good do their neighbors good, and the evil do them evil. Now, is that a truth which your superior wisdom has recognized thus early in life, and am I, at my age, in such darkness and ignorance as not to know that if a man with whom I have to live is corrupted by me, I am very likely to be harmed by him, and yet I corrupt him, and intentionally, too?--”(27). Socrates is saying that nobody likes to be injured. Therefore, why would Socrates intentionally corrupt someon...

Throughout the play, Bacchae, by Euripides, one can see many cases of irrationality and total bizarreness. In the Exodus (Final Scene), starting on page 47, these themes of irrationality and bizarreness are shown quite clearly. Starting in lines 1170, Agave expresses what she has brought down from the mountains. She believes she has captured a blessed hunt. Agave really does think that she has become this praised hunter, especially in lines 1174, “I caught him, with no ropes or snares. A lion’s cub-- he’s young, can you see?” Agave does not realize that this winning catch she has is the head of her own son, Pentheus. Agave not knowing she has her son’s head on a stake is a clear example of this bizarreness. Who put this absurd confusion in her head? The root of this craziness comes from none other than Dionysus, the god of intoxication. The only reason Agave is puzzled by who she has on her stake is because Dionysus, also known as Bacchae, makes Agave, along with other women, basica...

In Book Four of The Aeneid, Queen Dido is argued to be misunderstood because she has a troubled heart. I, however, wholeheartedly believe that she was being down right crazy. First off, she does not even know if she should get into this “relationship” with Aeneas. This is understandable because she just lost her husband and Virgil made it seem like she was most definitely infatuated with him. The fact that she was so in love with him was sweet but at the same time, it supports the idea that she gets extremely attached. So, at first Dido was all caught up about her late husband, but her sister, Anna gave her a little pep talk that fired up Dido’s craziness. Anna was all like don’t waste your life away, you’re still so young, you deserve the gift of love, and so on. This is just the beginning of what I like to call, Dido’s love storm. Since Anna got Dido all pumped up, Dido went through with seeing Aeneas. To my understanding, the feelings were mutual between the two. Aeneas was in ...

Hi, my name is Maddie Nekola and I am attending Faulkner University to major in Biochemistry and play basketball. I am from the small town of Mascoutah located in southern Illinois so you could say I'm from pretty far away. I am pretty excited about this class but I am also extremely anxious. As of right now I am completely nervous but I know that as time goes on I will feel more comfortable discussing how confused I probably am in class.Thanks for reading my first blog!!