Homework # 2

From time to time, I wonder if I’m the only person who’s studying the world;
There are times I feel like I’m the only person who has an understanding of the world, and life in general. But at times I doubt my thoughts, and wonder if I’m the one who’s confused and not understanding the world. There are days where everyone knows about something that I knew nothing about, does that make me the fake one or the real one for not knowing the same as society? There are times people tend to let the “real” them come out, for example when someone didn’t mean to say something that they shouldn’t have said, but end up saying it by accident is an example of someone letting the out the truth, and being honest is basically being real.
Bachman explained how an “artist cannot control the nature of the canvas”, and I can agree with that statement, because in life people are their own artist, and decide what they want in their lives (painting), and everything people do is part of their nature. Bachman said “nor can she control the nature of the subjects that she will paint. But she can control how she will view them” I thought that was absolutely true because no matter how much, human beings try to manipulate others, we can never change another person’s views completely. Another great point Bachman brought out was how the artist can control how they view their subjects, which can also be related to how certain actions people do is based on human nature, and judging things before knowing them is something a lot of people have done, and do.
The question that’s been on my mind is, is it possible for certain people to live their whole lives the way someone else wants them to, and what would be the consequences of doing this? Bachman only seems to talk about how he believes people live in a blur, or how people can’t control their nature. Which doesn’t make any sense if were living a blue, than why do people have their own nature?
I believe there is no exact answer to this question because we live in a world with diverse minds, all human beings do the same natural things, like judge, wonder, and question. But the actions human beings make is totally up to them, although in some cultures, especially here in the United States people following others is common, because it’s a big city, but at the same time we all have our opinions on how we choose to live.

HW #1

I believe that Banach quote "we are absolute individuals", he means that people are free to be, and do what they want. I agree to a certain degree, but i believe that's true depending on a

persons peers, because if a person wasn't raised to be independent than, how can the be they're on individual?

The answer to Banach's question "What can the absolute freedom of absolute individuals mean?" My opinion to that question is that individuals with absolute freedom, have more of a chance to be absolutely independent, because less freedom would for an individual to be more dependent, depending on them, but the majority would be dependent. The human flourishing is the growth of ones mind (knowledge), and human happiness is one's self mental healing. An ethic that forces human beings to be individual is living on your own or having to do your own personal work, because it involves you're knowledge, skills, and notion.

My confusion about Banach's ideas/beliefs, because it doesn't say where he got these thoughts/philosophies, because whatever he believes about peoples way of independence isnt the same, for where ever he was. I didn't think most of Banach's philosophies were out of the ordinary, because most people question life.

I don't believe that Banach is right, because if other human beings are a lone, than that means that myself as a person is a lone, and we all came from someone (a mother a father, a family, etc.) meaning that we have a past. Also if human beings are alone and are in a trance of non existence, than so should Banach, and his ideas.