I think that while Aristotle was a big part of bringing science to the place it is today, we shouldn't focus just on him. Yes he did big things and had big ideas about the world around him but so did many others. There might even be other people who had bigger theories about the world around them that were never brought to light. So far I have mostly only learned about scientists who were men, and i believe that even though the women weren't encouraged or acknowledged in this way they may have also had big ideas about the world.
So yes maybe Aristotle did big things, but so many others did as well and i think it'd be unfair to focus on just Aristotle as we may cloud ourselves from the bigger picture. (And isn't science about seeing the bigger picture?)
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I've never really been that into making art, but one kind of art that i think is really beautiful is mandala. I like that it doesn't have to be overly complex but it can be.
I think it would be a beautiful way to express my life with the colors and shapes of it all. In some areas it might be complex while in others it might be simple. I think that even though mandala isn't really a picture of an object or person it can still show so much happiness, sadness, light and darkness. I think the main thing i would try to get across is that even though life isn't always easy we can still make it into a beautiful thing if we keep moving forward. The quote below has been very powerful in my life and i think its a very good reminder that sometimes we just need to look from a different perspective to really be happy. In book 4 of The Odyssey, the ways in which Odysseus entered Troy are discussed. The one that stood out to me was the wood horse that he left outside the gates. It is probably one of the smartest acts of war i have heard of so far.
Some people might believe that using the wood horse was cheating, but i don't think there is really a way to cheat in war. There is no rules or regulations decided upon so you can't really break a rule or cheat. I think that just because Odysseus was smart and had an idea that worked doesn't mean he cheated. It might of given him the upper-hand but if the Trojans had inspected the horse more carefully it might not have been as big of a threat. |
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