PhilosophyProject哲學(xué)的項目.ppt

1、Philosophy Project,Paul Lee, Alysza Permalino Ian Chiang, Jina Kim Jeffrey Tai,What is our philosophy,Meaning: Yoloism: You only live once, so live life to its fullest taking everything life has to offer. YOLO : “You Only Live Once” Origin: Carpe diem Its a Latin poem by Horace translated to “seize

2、the day” carpe originally means: to pick, pluck off, cull, crop, unaware of it, they start to slip away from life. We disappear in life with our hands empty and our faces looking like everyone else. We eventually become clones of society,Example: Jeremy Lin,Now famous Jeremy Lin A.K.A the “Yellow Ma

3、mba” and known for “Linsanity” His mother received a lot of criticism for letting him play basketball from her friends, but she allowed him to play what he enjoyed,No one expected that he would lead his Alma Mater- Palo Alto HS to a 32-1 record. Outranking Mater Dei in attaining Div II State title.

4、He was named All State and Northern California Div II Player of the Year. He totally did not defy the stereo type of the Asian community, for he still graduated HS with 4.2 GPA and attended Harvard and majored in Economics,However instead of carrying his college degree and fame from Harvard, he inst

5、ead continued on with his love for basketball and took the chance of being drafted to NBA. Now defying the typical route of an Asian descent like of a doctor, business man, etc,Fact: He did not get a basketball scholarship out of High School,What our philosophy does NOT support,Communism Bee Movie K

6、afka and The Metamorphosis,Communism,Our philosophy does not support Communism and its ideas because it restricts people from being themselves and from living an individualistic lifestyle. Instead, communism forces people to do the same thing and act the same way under the same conditions. There is

7、no room for independence and individualism,Quotes against Communism,Communism doesnt work because people like to own stuff.“ Frank Zappa “Communism is in conflict with human nature.” Earnest Renan Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny -

8、 and it is committed to making tyranny universal. - Adlai Stevenson,Quotes against Communism,I have a high state of resentment for the conformity in this country. If youre not married and having children, its like your life is empty or youre a communist meanie.” - Bill Maher,The Bee Movie,In the Bee

9、 Movie, Barry B. Benson discovers that all bees have to choose one job that they will stick to for the rest of their life. He decides to go against this because he feels he is going to be restricted from doing anything else and his life will not have any freedom in it. Thus, our philosophy goes agai

10、nst this idea,Quotes from the Bee Movie,We know that you, as a bee,have worked your whole life to get to the point where youcan work for your whole life.” “But choose carefully because youll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life.” “One job forever? Thats an insane choice to have to make

11、.,Kafka and The Metamorphosis,In The Metamorphosis, Gregors family sees that Gregors transformation is a difference and abnormality to society, and this is not accepted. The family is showing conformity to the rest of society, resulting in the alienation of Gregor Samsa and their eventual neglect of

12、 him. We do not support this conformity, as well as some of Kafkas quotes on freedom,Quotes from The Metamorphosis,If it were Gregor, he would have realized long ago that it isnt possible for human beings to live with such a creature, and he would have gone away of his own free will.” What the world demands of poor people they did to the utmost of their ability; his father brought breakfast for the minor officials at the bank, his mother sacrificed herself to the underwear of strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind the counter at the reque