An English Journey

Look around you. Things are objects, stuff , concepts, matters, affairs , facts, features, tasks, phobias, obsessions, remarks , possessions, equipment. People are people like your husband, your wife, your son, your grandmother, your archenemy , a stranger, yourself. And then there is your thing, your cup of tea , what floats your boat . Life is all about that but, what are the unique or essential components required to live a life? As of April 2017, we are 7.5 billion people in the world. If you could ask them all the same question, each one would give you a different answer. Maybe that is precisely one of the characteristics that make us human, our ability to think independently. Our planet Earth is suffering, struggling, fighting a losing battle . Our planet is finite and so are its resources. We must become aware that indefinite population growth is not an option. Experts have been raising concern about overpopulation for a long time. The reason is simple: it is the ...

One of the big questions of philosophy is whether free will is tantamount to free action or not. People’s perception of freedom blurs the distinction between will and action because, unless you have lived in a dictatorship or any other kind of system based on the deprivation of liberty , you may not have been confronted with any situation that could undermine your sense of being in control of your thoughts and actions. Free will is the power of acting without constraints . But will is not action. No matter how much effort you were willing to put in on sunbathing , it would be literally impossible in an overcast winter morning. Many distinguished scholars and renowned philosophers have been trying to unravel the secrets of freedom, and yet the discussion remains inconclusive . On the one hand, the theory of determinism speculates that everything that happens is predestined to happen in a particular way and nothing could be done to avoid the fate . Should deter...