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In the trajectory of unit one I was introduced to few philosophers that viewed life different from I did. These philosophers includes Plato, Morpheus, Russell, Descartes, and others. Their perspective of life and knowledge have left me with a puzzle in my head; questioning my place of existence in this world. There are some philosophical views that seem outrageous for me to accept. Because if I do, my life would be broken into many pieces and I would realize that everything has been a lie. However, there are other philosophers that have keep me questioning about what is real and knowledge, keeping me safe in my beliefs. This philosophers theories have open my mind to the acceptance of potentials realities. Such as the dream analogy or the possibility of living in a matrix. In the following paragraph I will discuss two main points that have impacted me the most in this unit.
Plato’s philosophy of wisdom and knowledge baffle my mind, I did not understood his views or perception of existence. For the first few weeks; I questioned his philosophy from every possible angle, especially when it came to the “Forms”. “The Good itself” I did not understand nor did I wished to understand it. In his interpretation; the “Forms” have always existed and we only discovered them. But in my point of view; we created it them, it was us, as individuals that made them exist, and if we go extinct, they will also die with us. In my defense; this could be possible because we had created the symbol that corresponded to specific “Form”. Moreover; if we did not created a symbol to a specific “Form” then they cannot exit in our world, because we give them value and reason for existence. I was stock in this dilemma, and continue re-reading The Republic hopp...

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...x. I cannot be sure if the world actually looks like I think it does, or for that matter that I am a human from planet earth, Therefore, Nick Bastrom cannot be ignored about his theory because it cannot be disproved.
In conclusion, once you accept philosophy into your life, you cannot be sure of many things any longer. You do in fact question reality and knowledge. You want to continue to know more in hopes that maybe you could find answers to some questions. Accepting Descartes and Bostrom ideology, makes me question my existence. Maybe in reality we are just an experiment from other planets in this earth. In addition, if humans race parish already Plato’s theory of “Forms” is indeed true, because the matrix which is just a program for a dream world, still has the timeless, unique ideas of reasons; to let us perceived our concept of beauty and everything else.

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