good life Flashcards
Capital T Truth
David Wallace, “this is water
We have the knowledge and education to decide how we want to see the world
Our default setting is to see ourselves as the center of the world but we can change our “default setting” and look at it differently.
Live Delibaretly
Henry Thoreau, Walden
- To live life to the fullest and not to waste any moments
- Thoreau was a transcendentalist, beieved in rising above societal norms to live a fuller life.
- Thought that being in nature brought him closer to the good life
Life is frittered away by detail
Henry Thoreau, Walden
- urging people to live simply
- says news is redundant and unneccesary to know
- Thoreau lived with only basic necessities for two years
Nirvana
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
- A state of perfect peace where one has escaped the cycle of life and death
- This is what Siddhartha and Govinda are searching for
- Govinda finds it through others teachings and siddhartha finds it through his own experiences
Buddha
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
Gautama
- taught that part of being human was suffering the four noble truths
- Siddhartha leaves because he needs to lear by his own experience
- Govinda stays
Govinda
Siddhartha, Herman hesse
- An example of how we depend on others for our happiness vs depending on ourselves
Samanas
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
- people who deny themselves basic necessities to reach enlightenment.
- Practice self-denial as a means of separating their soles from their body
- Fist place siddhartha and govinda go in search
Kamata
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
- Mother of Siddharthas child
- Told siddhartha he needed finer clothing and more money to get . her attention
- Resulted in siddhartha learning how to conduct business
The child like people
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
- Siddhartha believeed love was for the child like people
- Siddhartha strayed from the good life and indulging in child like things such as drinking and gambling.
- Made siddhartha realize wealth has nothing to do with good life.
The River
Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
- Where Siddhartha met Vasuveda, the ferryman who had reached enlightenment and helped Siddhartha do so as well.
- Taught the ferryman and siddhartha that everything is connected, and with the sound OM he hears the voice of everyone who ever lived and saw their lives on the river.
- Siddhartha reaches enlightenment
Image is powerful
Looks arent everything, believe me IM a model, Cameron Russel
- People assume that models are the happiest people but in reality they are the most insecure bc they always feel the need to be perfect.
- A person can look totally different depending on who theyre with and what theyre wearing.
Genetic lottery
- People get treated differently based on how they look and its unfair, biologically
- Cameron Russel says she won the genetic lottery and that the social ideals and norms for models is unfair and racist.
- Only 4% of super models are not white`
Symbolic functions of body shape and size
“Reading the slender body, Susan bordo
- In the 1800’s fat meant you had enough money to buy food, aka you were succesful.
- Now, if you dont have a toned body, it is symbolic of a lack of self care and self control.
Contradictions of the social body
Reading the slender body, Susan Bordo
- We are expected to consume but not indulge
- Women biologically benefit from haviung a wider, larger body than what society dictates in terms o bearing children. This is a social vs natural contradiction
The real battle, ultimately, is with the self
Reading the slender body, Susan Bordo
- Peoples decision to appreciate their appearance or to alter it is up to them
