Martin Heidegger

       The German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, has many philosophical concepts which I agree with. Heidegger’s philosophy carries the ideas that people should be be in touch with “being” and to be “authentic” and live for ourselves. Another one of his ideas think that people should spend most of their time within graveyards in order to follow this philosophy. Heidegger’s philosophy is one that should be fulfilled by everyone

       Heidegger has the idea that all being is connected and that people forget to be free and live for themselves rather than others. He believes that we are able to overcome this understanding it and rising above it to a much more universal perspective, therefore we will begin to live for our-selves rather than “they-selves.” I agree with this concept very much because throughout my life I have noticed that many people live for other people, and I have also been guilty of doing this when I was younger. I think that people should live for themselves because other people don’t determine your life, YOU do, therefore live for YOURSELF. I also believe that when people are in touch with themselves and live for themselves they will better understand who they are because they’re doing what is satisfying to them rather than other people. 

       Although I agree with many of Heidegger’s philosophical concepts, I don’t agree with the idea that we should spend more time in graveyards. I understand that Heidegger wants us to understand that we need to just be in a quiet place, however I believe that people wouLd be able to accomplish Heidegger’s philosophy without spending much time in graveyards.  

Freedom/ being alive

Martin Heidegger

I would have to say that Martin Heidegger's philosophy is one of my favorite philosophies out of all of the philosophies I have learned this semester. His philosophy is really easy to understand and it's really relatable. I felt like I was able to connect more to his understandings of life than I was able to connect to the other philosophers. Some of my favorite saying that he said was " we've forgotten that we are all alive" and "we've forgotten we are free". I agree with these 100%. We are always blaming someone for not letting us do something or we always in the hustle and bustle of things and we can't realize that we are human and need a break. We control ourselves, no one else does. We control what we can and cannot do. We allow ourselves to be free but we don't realize we are the ones who control our freedoms in the first place. I think this is because we always think that a high authoritative power is the one who controls your freedom. It's amazing how we always think someone else controls us because that's how people have been controlled for years. Someone has always controlled someone else's freedoms. But it's the 21st century. We control ourselves and we control our freedoms. I think that our own freedoms need to be controlled a little bit when we are younger but I don't think when we get older that our parents or authoritative figures need to control us any longer. ( Unless you really need it.)

Calm/Less Stress

Watching the video about being calm, I realized how important it is not to be stressed out all the time. Many of my classmates and teachers have often looked at me oddly when I tell them I'm not stressed about things like SATs or acceptance letters from colleges. 

It's not the easiest thing in the world to be able to relieve stress in our daily lives. There are so many things including love, determination, hard work, and perfection that people my age are striding for. Achieving any of the above requires a lot of pressure from externals like parents, teachers, and peers. Not only do these people push us, but we also stress our own selves out. We become so focused on everything being perfect that we forget why we're doing it in the first place. We lose sight of everything else going on in our lives and we tend to zone out our surroundings. 

When I find myself stressed, I ask myself if it's really worth it. I try to remind myself that in 5, 10, or 20 years from now I won't even remember taking the test I stressed myself out about. After experiencing challenging predicaments causing growth, I look back and wonder why I stressed about something so small. I think the video did a sufficient job at reminding us to take a step back and look at our lives from a macro view rather than focusing on the minuscule things in our life. 

If everyone practice taking a step back from situations, and calming down, or taking deep breaths, we would be able to center ourselves and refocus now hat truly matters in life. 

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS



Forgiveness is a complex emotion because people often assume to forgive means let everything that happened go and still be okay with that person. There is acceptance and forgiveness and then their is welcoming them back into ones life. People think forgiveness is all about oh i forgive you come here and give me a hug but i feel that forgiveness has more steps than one which requires two ways of forgiveness.

Part one would be acceptance, acknowledging the persons feelings and allowing them to apologize for their wrong doings. If something was traumatic for an individual its hard to forgive the person who made it like that. Apart of growing up is forgiving in a way like you did wrong, i forgive you but i want cant have anything to do with you  because for one to forgive it doesnt mean they need to necessarily need to continue to keep contact with the person. Welcoming one back into their life is the second step to forgiveness, its optional because in some situations its impossible to welcome someone back into ones life due to them ruining ones future.

To first accept what happened helps heal ones soul and lift a burden off their chest. To welcome the trader back would (hopefully) make the other person feel a burden lifted as well. In other situations, forgiveness of oneself can be the most difficult because we are so hard on ourselves and so judgmental; we are our own worst critics. Time has a way of healing though; forgiveness takes time, its not something that happens over night. Its a process but worth it by the end because why waste energy on something so negative when there are many joys in life.    

Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger’s philosophy is one that I agree throughout every concept.  Though his simple ideas are something that is easier said than done, they are ideas that should be upheld and placed first. His philosophy is twofold: simply live and be and be authentic to yourself.

            Heidegger states we don’t stop and think about our “being.” We get too caught up in our lives and lives of others. Humans are always on the move. I believe it’s true that we don’t remember we were created as human beings. We take life and the ability to breathe for granted.

Heidegger believes that even a simple walk or hike in nature is conducive to the realization to this concept.  Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that if the stars came only one night of a thousand years, humanity would adore and preserve the remembrance of the night. But the stars come out every night and we do not admire their beauty and admonishing smile. This is one of my favorite quotes and I try to remember it; I try to stop for a minute or five wherever I am and take in the existence of the universe.  Like Heidegger said, we are “human beings,” our duty is to separate from the materialistic world and just be.

Martin Heidegger also believed human beings have to stay true to themselves through “authenticity.” He expresses how our mindset is thinking for others or “themselves” and we need to adapt the thinking of “ourselves.” We have to be genuine to ourselves that we come first.

            Heidegger’s philosophy is very sincere and unpretentious. It’s real. Like I said before, it’s easier said than done, but we need to grasp this mindset. Heidegger reminds us that life is short. Don’t waste it on other people, because in the end, it’s just you and your reminiscences of your life.

Heidegger & People in Relationships

Heidegger & People in Relationships

Many of the YouTube videos we watched had a similar theme: don’t let the little things bother you and enjoy life as it is.  One of the clips about “what people think in relationships but don’t say”, discussed the inappropriate thoughts of both sides in the relationship, but how one can never express these thoughts directly to their partner.  After watching this clip, we conversed about whether people would ever be okay if their boyfriend said something of this sort to their face.  Many of the responses were that they wouldn’t particularly mind because they want to know the true colors of their partner, and not have them pretend to be someone they aren’t in order to impress the other.

I thought it was interesting how this point of view was similar to Martin Heidegger’s philosophy.  His ideas stated that people should be “authentic” to themselves and not spend their time trying to impress others.  Following Heidegger’s philosophy, if you are trying to be yourself and do not care about impressing others, then you should be able to express how you are really feeling about your boyfriend or girlfriend at any time. 

I think, however, that this is not always the case, because it is not always that easy to be true to yourself and not care what others think.  No one wants to be told some of the things that people think about each other, so sometimes it is best for both sides, if some opinions are kept to themselves.  I overall agree with Heidegger’s philosophy, but I think it is a difficult one to actually stay true to and not stray off.  It is so easy to get caught up in what other people think about you and the only way to follow his beliefs is to be a complete individual and not let anything both you. 

Nietzsche

 “ Not everything that makes us feel better is good for us. Not everything that hurts is bad.” P243 Nietzsche’s philosophy believes that being suffering and being in pain are parts of our life. Everyone has to go through this process and continues this journey.

   In Nietzsche’s view, concern of the self, suffering a certain stoic indifference and a sense of hierarchy are part of our life. Those things try to stop us, and make our life hard. We have to learn how to accept the suffering and pain. For example, as a high school senior college application gives me a lot pressure, but I know that I have to face the challenge. Although college application just a little thing in our entire life, but for now I know that lots of people do not like to talk about this, they choice to escape. My point is that, as long as we do it, face the problem and everything will be fine.

  Also there are some pains in our life are really tough to move on. Such as lost someone who is really important to you. This is how life looks like, with these pain and suffering we become stronger and finally we will know how to protect ourselves. In other words, suffering makes us grows, connect to Nietzsche’s quote “Not everything which hurts may be bad. “ It’s depends on your how you face to the challenge.