Category: Philosophers

  • Boston Poem

    Boston Poem

    This is my version of Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” which I presented in my English class this year. The link to Sandburg’s original poem written in 1914 is found at the bottom of this post. The overall point of the poem is that although there are these stereotypes and qualities about Boston and its population, one…

  • Where I live and What I live for

    Where I live and What I live for

    Born and raised in Massachusetts, I always wondered what I lived for. Do I live to accomplish what others have already done? Am I alive solely to survive through this endless cycle of birth, life, and death? I live to discover my purpose in life. Who am I, and what is my purpose on this…

  • Richard Louv, “Last Child in the Woods”

    Richard Louv, “Last Child in the Woods”

    richardlouv.com/books/last-child/videos/ Our connection with nature has weakened over the years, as fear, technology, and construction of parks have taken over. Richard Louv’s assertions regarding nature and the lack of contact between children and nature, are incredibly true. A moment I agreed with tremendously was when he stated, “That moment when you were three or four…found…

  • Emerson’s Self-Reliance

    Emerson’s Self-Reliance

    “The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried” (Emerson), said Emerson in his most famous work known as, Self Reliance, published in 1841. This famous transcendentalist philosopher and essayist expressed one of his…