An English Journey

I do not believe in innate wisdom . Wisdom is the accumulation of experience and knowledge, which ironically can only be acquired by growing old , and yet the elderly is too often a burden on families and society. Human condition leaves a lot to be desired . This unfair treatment makes me feel an unutterable sadness . I cannot help but be filled with anger and rage against these parasitic leeches that sucked everything out of their elders. Aunt Lola lived an unconventional life. She was a maiden aunt until her seventy -somethings , except that she had no nieces or nephews . Her only brother died aged 18. Lola was married for five years and hers was not a marriage of convenience . She waited for 50 long years until Mariano turned up because he did not even consider going off with Lola. He patiently awaited his first wife's death. Then, he moved to Lola's town and called her. They met. They got married. Five years later, he died. No close relatives, no ...

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...