Human´s Desire for Knowledge

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As human beings it is in our nature to be thirsty for knowledge. Gaining knowledge has been an extensive process; from understanding the moon cycle to creating genetically modified species. Human curiosity is the reason why natural sciences have been explored in depth. Natural science experiments, disserts, and searches for the irregularities and the recurrent patterns, both to understand and justify this dazzling universe in which we live. On the other hand ethics is more of an innate area of knowledge. Even though this area is slightly modified by our context it is, universal to a certain extent.
Knowledge is “the acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition”( The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer, n.d) . However the title states that both “knowledge” and “time” are significantly linked together and that they have a direct impact on each other. To test the validity of this claim the need of further analysis is required. Different scenarios will be studied in order to determine its accurateness.

Everyone tends to think that they clearly know what is right and wrong. Nevertheless, things that are seen ethically right in one century can be considered completely unethical in the next. The first scenario, takes into account ethical behavior in school. My dad for example, when he was a young kid in school he would get beaten for any misdemeanors during class, this included striking fingers with rulers or pulling ears. At that time it was acceptable for authority to execute punishments over students whether it was physical or not. Therefore at that time their knowledge to what was ethically right is completely different from ours. Now a day in my school f...

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...ly, I believe that what is the most important of all is the desire and the innate craving for knowledge what should never be lost, even though, it may sometimes be difficult to accept the ephemeral nature of facts which we have always thought to be true.

Works Cited

Kauffman Foundation. (2012, December 11). The half life of facts. Retrieved February 10, 2014 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RMzBGdRpFY

Knowledge. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knowledge

Biology notebook, Biology standard level, The European School, April 11, August 23 of 2013.

Spanish notebook, Spanish A language and literature, The European School, November 21of 2013

English notebook, English A language and literature, The European School, May 2013.

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