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OMAR,

I liked how you did not simply just agree with Banach. Instead you took it to a deeper level. That shows you really put some thought into analyzing his ideas.
You asked an overall question what is true freedom? Banach's main ideas are a contradiction from each other. If is not possible for a person is understand another persons feelings or thoughts, then it is not possible for Banach to understand our feelings or thoughts. Everyone has their own thoughts that are not limited with any boundaries.
With rules and laws restricting us from doing certain things everything s more functional. As much as I like to believe I can do anything like fly or become invisible I know it just in my imagination. Because there will always be a physical limit.
This is really well written. And all your ideas are easy to understand. it simplifies Banachs ideas, and brings up new points. What about the constant point Banach brings up about absolute individual? Do we have the free do really be an absolute individual?

this has a great ending point too. You did done good! :P keep it up.
ARDEN

VIN,
Once again your blog was really great. I always enjoy reading it. You bring up points that I would never come up with and you go in detail when explaining them. You ask if Banach considers himself to be free? I would like to know the answer to that. While we are inclined to be free we hold ourselves back and allow ourselves to be influenced by the outside world. No matter the circumstances it is under our control how we act and perceive things, “Learning to control our perspective view will allow us to take value and knowledge from what might otherwise be horrible”

It’s an easy change to notice when people act differently around different people. I know I do it. And I do because I feel the need to meet their expectations. I understand what your saying. By using metaphors and examples to further prove your point allowed me to get a better understand. It would be interesting to hear you included some more personal thoughts and experiences. Because I feel like you have more to say, so I can’t wait to keep reading! ☺

ARDEN

A puzzling thought

I don’t know where to start. Day after day I'm more perplexed. It’s hard for me to always agree with Banach, but after reading his lectures I begin to wonder. I have begun to question my self as an individual. The frustrating part is I can never come to an answer.

A Banachs idea about an “absolute individual” is that no one is the same. So it is not possible for one to understand another’s thoughts or feelings. As I see it by relating to our own experiences and common emotions we can better understand and identify another person’s feelings. We all have characteristics that distinguish us from each other. But no one person is completing different because we are all influenced by the same things. We relate by our similar ways of living and roles we use to define ourselves.

Do we have the ability to makes choices without the influence of a determining force? No matter how hard we try I don’t think so. We will always be under the influence. No one will ever be just himself or herself, a true individual. We will always be influenced by our surroundings. The world around us forms who we are and sets us up for who we are becoming. We change accordingly, “Letting other people determine what we are instead of deciding, ourselves, what we will be.” I catch myself acting differently around different people. We are goofy with a best friend, responsible with our parents, or mature at school, energetic at a football game. We play the role it takes In order to be accepted.

So we are not all that different from each other, aren’t we all posers?

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Gavin, Vin, (Ill come up with a cool nickname)

Let me start off by saying I love the title of your blog. I love your writing style. I like the tone it sounds very personally and very much like you.

We all have similarities. We have all had related experiences. Although we cannot really feel what another person is feeling we can relate. People reflect on there own feelings to understand others. It makes sense to say we share the same emotions.

It all makes me wonder and think about why some people do the things they do? i find myself asking that question a lot. There is not a way for me to understand. I do not know what that person is thinking or how they are feeling. I know it is vague but I hope you know what I mean.

The only thing I can think of that’s worth pointing out is that there is a lot of information in Banach’s writing that could help your arguments.

I think it is interesting how you say, “Real knowing is a burden” that’s deep. Gets me thinking. It is worth trying to express how you feel to someone? If no one ever tried, how would we ever relate? :/ um

This was a really great blog. you inspired me to include certain things on my blog too (copycat) I cant wait to write more though.

Arden

P.s. i loved omars comment!

OMAR,

I really enjoyed reading your post. I liked how you started with the other all idea and then got more in depth with your thoughts.

I like the points you made arguing Banachs points. That everyone experiences similar feelings. So we can relate to each other, which gives us some understanding. Although in some cases when people try to be something they are not it is impossible for someone to understand them, because their feelings are an act.

After reading your blog I thought about how often people use the phrase “ I understand” I couldn’t help but think about what was brought up in Andy’s class about really understanding something. How people will keep repeating themselves until they feel you understand. Weather that means you agree with them or tell them simply repeat what they say back to them. I think people just want to feel like they are understood. Understand what I’m saying?

Although I really liked how you used music as an example, To make this stronger you could go more in depth and talk about a personal story. it helped me get my point across when I was writing.

This defiantly got me thinking. It makes me wonder how much of an understanding we have of other people. And I beginning o think about the people I think understand me the best.

This was deep. You weren’t afraid to share your own ideas and agree and disagree with Banach. ☺

Arden

HW1: absolute Freedom

I hate it when you know you have made a mistake. One that could have easily been avoided. Although I remind my self that whats done is done I still have that feeling of frustration. I know I am not the only one who makes mistakes. I believe no one is perfect.Nothing is perfect. What if it was? It is defined in the dictionary as entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings. But what if everything was perfect? Its hard to imagine. I think that would make everyone the same. Which would make everything boring.

The world is a lot more interesting when everyone is different and no one is the same. It is more exciting when things are a mystery. Our individuality is what makes all of us unpredictable. Where the only one who truly understands you is yourself. "Only we feel our pains, our pleasures, our hopes, and our fears immediately, subjectively, from the inside." but does that make us alone? Its a funny thing to think about. But we all have experienced the same emotions so we do have similarities...

I will never forget my best friend when I was little. We were inseparable during those awkward years of growing up. Just as it seems to good to be true, her family planned on moving. as you can imagine I was crushed. Before she left we drew each-other notes. A note that later would be confused with trash. It just so happens my mother was cleaning and misstated our fine piece of artwork as nothing more than a scribbled piece of paper. We conceived the value of that piece of paper differently. To me it represented our friendship. In her eyes it was just an unwanted ordinary piece of loose leaf. So each one of us has our own story. We all have experienced different things and so we all view the world differently. "Each of us is trapped within our own mind, unable to feel anything but our own feelings and experiences." Meaning the way we see, hear or feel things are not the same.