When I began my teaching career in the year 2000, I was full of optimism. I had a belief that teachers were among the bests in their schools. As Lee Lacocca said,” In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.”
In September of 2020, many schools in the Philippines began the asynchronous learning program as a response to the global health crisis. I wrote a blog about it before the beginning of the first semester of the said school year.
After college, one of the most painstaking tasks for a fresh graduate is to search for an immediate job and ultimately craft one’s own career. This would mean a life full of responsibility and finding a source of livelihood to support one’s needs.
What are the similarities of Socrates, Plato, and other philosophers with Batman, Superman, and other superheroes? They have a lot in common aside from the fact they are all prominent figures in the world of philosophy and world of fiction.
Carl Gustav Jung, a famous Psychologist, said “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” This quote would remind us of how we tend to project on others what we love or hate on our inner self.
Although the Philippine election seems like nothing more than a circus of advertising, social media, and trolls, I will always vote and urge others to seek out candidates with cosmic wisdom.
Socrates said, “I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.” Indeed, honesty has been an elusive trait among the politicians in the Philippines. We have always fallen into a trap of choosing politicians who are skilled in deceptive practices.
Machiavelli said, “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”Juan might be correct in assuming that Machiavellian is a term referring to the deceitful practices of politicians since such tactics are more effective than the use of force.
This time, Juan and Pedro’s conversation is applying the assumption of Aristotle that,” Man is a political animal.” Quite true, human beings have the innate desire to influence, manipulate, or exert control over others.
If you were to create a model society, how would you design it? Is it a society where government’s power is greater than individual’s freedom? How should resources be distributed to the people? How would you achieve a fair system? Is your model a design coming from god or an agreement of all people
Plato advises us that knowledge is different from true belief. Most of what we know may actually be beliefs or collected ideas that are unverifiable or invalid perceptions.
In Aristotle’s words, "Whether we like it or not we have to philosophize. Even if we don’t want to philosophize, we are still philosophizing." Let's look at the problem of existence in philosophy.
Creation spirituality can address the issue of corruption through proper education of the citizens. The educational institutions should include subjects that would specifically teach creation spirituality to the students starting from elementary.
In Asian countries like the Philippines, there is a common perception that women talk too much as compared to men. One may observe the said assumption in various social gatherings like in a meeting, family bonding, and in other public places. In said situations, women talk a lot and actually dominat
One of the oldest sayings of Socrates and most probably a memorable one is,”To know thyself.” During his time, Socrates was one of the first few who pondered on a difficult philosophical or psychological challenge that a person has to hurdle in this life, which is to search for oneself. As I also t