Iuf1000 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Four Noble Truths (Hesse, Siddhartha)FACT: Life is suffering, desire causes suffering and suffering ends with letting go. FACT: The fourth requires an 8-fold path with meditation. ANALYSIS: The four noble truths lead to Nirvana. They are each connected to the next. Nirvana can't be reached without significant effort from the person seeking. This can be compared to any other goal in life. Samanas (Hesse, Siddhartha)FACT: Samanas are traveling monks who go through fasting, suffering an...

Sabbath(Shabbat)-A.J. Heschel, A Palace in Time -Also referred to as a "palace in time" when people separate themselves from the toils of everyday life and focus on their friends, family, and God -Jewish traditions holds that man should love the Sabbath because it is the day when man is closest to God Analysis: -It is important to set aside a day of rest, like the sabbath, in order to replenish ourselves and enjoy the good life Menuha-A.J. Heschel, A Palace in Time -Means to rest,...

What is "The really important kind of freedom"?"This is Water", David Wallace 1) freedom to decide what has meaning and what doesn't 2) is provided through education Capital-T truth"This is Water", David Wallace 1) "you get to decide what has meaning" 2) real value of real education. nothing to do with knowledge but with awareness instead 3) about life before death

Joel KuppermanAuthor of 6 myths about the Good Life Jeffery RiegelAuthor of Confucius Kevin ConnollyAuthor of Double Take: A Memoir Emily PragerAuthor of Our Barbies, Ourselves Friedrich SchillerAuthor of the Hostage Jack Ryan-creator of barbie -created an over sexualized doll and may have negatively affected the good life of every girl who ever played with a barbie -Emily Prager talks about him in Our Barbies, Ourselves

Four Noble Truths (Hesse, Siddhartha)FACT: Life is suffering, desire causes suffering and suffering ends with letting go. FACT: The fourth requires an 8-fold path with meditation. ANALYSIS: The four noble truths lead to Nirvana. They are each connected to the next. Nirvana can't be reached without significant effort from the person seeking. This can be compared to any other goal in life. Samanas (Hesse, Siddhartha)FACT: Samanas are traveling monks who go through fasting, suffering an...

Sabbath(Shabbat)-A.J. Heschel, A Palace in Time -Also referred to as a "palace in time" when people separate themselves from the toils of everyday life and focus on their friends, family, and God -Jewish traditions holds that man should love the Sabbath because it is the day when man is closest to God Analysis: -It is important to set aside a day of rest, like the sabbath, in order to replenish ourselves and enjoy the good life Menuha-A.J. Heschel, A Palace in Time -Means to rest,...

What is "The really important kind of freedom"?"This is Water", David Wallace 1) freedom to decide what has meaning and what doesn't 2) is provided through education Capital-T truth"This is Water", David Wallace 1) "you get to decide what has meaning" 2) real value of real education. nothing to do with knowledge but with awareness instead 3) about life before death

Joel KuppermanAuthor of 6 myths about the Good Life Jeffery RiegelAuthor of Confucius Kevin ConnollyAuthor of Double Take: A Memoir Emily PragerAuthor of Our Barbies, Ourselves Friedrich SchillerAuthor of the Hostage Jack Ryan-creator of barbie -created an over sexualized doll and may have negatively affected the good life of every girl who ever played with a barbie -Emily Prager talks about him in Our Barbies, Ourselves