SYMPOSIUM OF THOUGHT

  The ancient philosophers emerged during classical antiquity were some of the finest the world has ever known. From Aristotle to Zeno, the intellect that was exuded during this period was so ahead of its time. Their ideas and principles still hold immense value to this day. If you want to enhance your level of thinking take note of these seven rules of wisdom. Make effort to expand your horizons. The universe is much larger than the office cubicle or your scope of life. Only those that dare to step outside their confortable homes will know what lies beyond the horizon. Changing your surroundings can change your thinking. “Look at the stars lighting up the sky; no one of them stays in the same place.” Seneca said. If you really seek enhanced wisdom and personal growth, you must step beyond your local boundaries whether that’s relocating or travelling. The further you go the more you will gain. Avoid the fool’s gold. The most foolish amongst us place their worth on their wealth ...

You are destroying yourself and you call it love. You call it loyalty or being a good person but in the cold light of reality it is none of those things. It is self-sabotage wrapped in a moral blanket. There is a terrifying truth about human nature that most people are too afraid to admit. It is a lesson that civilized society tries to bury. The lesson is; not everyone can be saved and more importantly, not everyone wants to be saved. There are people in this world who are not looking for a hand up but rather an anchor and if you offer them your hand, they will not climb out of the water. They will pull and use your body as a raft to keep themselves afloat while you slowly drown in the depth of their chaos. I am sure you know who I am talking about. Perhaps you have met them, you are bleeding because of one right now, the friend who is always in a crisis, the partner who drains your soul but demands your patience, the family member who takes your money, your energy and your peace ...

  Don’t be quick to judge anyone because they approach things differently but rather study their view Epistemology is the branch of philosophy investigating the nature of knowledge and truth. Epistemology deals with things like; sources of knowledge, the reliability of these sources, the nature of truth, the difference between knowing and believing, and what we can know beyond the information provided by the senses. It is not a philosophy that is distant from our daily experiences it rather deals with inquiries like substantiating something, proving, elaborating, or clarifying statements. We can detect lies by using epistemology that points to epistemological issues like lack of coherence. Epistemology as a branch of philosophy does not create new knowledge but rather helps us to analyze knowledge. Epistemologists have categorized knowledge as follows; Authoritative knowledge This is knowledge established by accepting someone’s authority. It is knowledge obtained from a ‘reco...

  Existentialism This kind of philosophy was developed in the 20 th century. It adherently emphasizes individual existence, which is why it is referred to as existentialism. Existentialists believe there is no grand design by God or nature that human beings should fit. Instead, individuals are born into an indifferent, alien, and purposeless world. Because of this reality, life is fundamentally absurd. Each person has a task and ability to construct his own meaning in individual development. Jean-Paul Sartre one of the outspoken existentialist philosophers argued that ‘existence precedes essence’ which has become a catchphrase for existentialism. In individual development, a human being exits and then becomes. Each person should have the ability and choice to decide their essence. Truth is only relative to an individual’s judgment. There is no absolute truth. Objective universal and certain knowledge is unattainable. Each person must decide what is true and what is significant...

  PRAGMATISM Pragmatism philosophy of Education emphasizes; the reality of change, the essentiality and biological nature of human beings, the relativity of values, and the use of critical intelligence. Pragmatism in its own sense refers to solving problems in a way that suits the present conditions rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules. Therefore pragmatic philosophy of education focuses on a problem-solving approach given the environment. Pragmatists reject metaphysics as a legitimate form of philosophical inquiry. According to them, reality is determined by an individual’s sense experience and so no human being can know anything beyond their experience. No one can determine the ultimate reality of the universe of human beings like life after death. That can only be answered by guesswork. They maintain that the world is neither dependent on/nor independent of people’s idea of it. Reality amounts to the interaction of the human being with the environment. Reali...

  “If a goal is meaningfully, directly, and continually visible, your chances of achieving it increase.” Charles R. Hobbs. A priority is a valued goal that normally requires one to work on it before others. It has two most important realms: urgency and vitality. Urgency motivates most people to move a project or an event. Urgency means "getting into doing something immediately." It does not matter whether the project is vital or trivial, if it is urgent, it gets done. Whether essential or trivial, if it has no urgency, the tendency is to put it off, to wait. Most teachers and school managers have a lot of trivial urgent things to do. Urgency is the biggest enemy of time management in a school. You enter a school and everyone is rushing to do something which according to them is urgent and end up missing the most vital things. Urgency is in most cases attached to trivial things. The dictionary defines vital as something of great necessity and essential. Check your rout...