Category: Etika

 

 Lukisan: Amedeo Modigliani, the Cellist, 1909

                                                            The greatest fear in the world is the opinion of others, and the moment you are unafraid of the crowd, you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom.

Osho

Introduction

One asks a question about Plato’s works: “Plato or Socrates who has that thinking?” This question challenges us to know who Plato or Socrates was. Plato’s works were written in dialogue and he used the name Socrates who was his teacher as the main speaker. Continue reading “The Danger of Crowd Manifested in Institutions: Injustice A Reflection on Plato Works: Crito  “

Lukisan Rembrandt, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1635

 

 

                Once I am dead, Fear and Trembling alone will be enough for an imperishable name as author. Then it will be read, translated into foregin languange as well

(Soren Kierkegaard)

Kierkegaard, sang filosof Denmark, adalah seorang pengembara iman Kristiani. Pengembaraan imannya itu terlukis di dalam salah satunya bukunya Fear and Trembling. Dalam Fear and Trembling, ia mencoba memahami, menafsirkan cerita kitab suci Kejadian 22: 1-19 dari sudut filosofis. Continue reading “Mengupas Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard”

 

Lukisan William Raymond Dommersen,Italian Coastal

Longa est vita si plena est
Hidup akan terasa panjang apabila penuh dengan perbuatan bermakna
(Seneca, Epistola, 93)

 

Perkembangan zaman telah mengakibatkan perubahan di segala lini kehidupan manusia. Di tengah situasi yang semakin deras dengan perubahan, sandaran pada etika semakin mutlak. Lalu bisa dipertanyakan mengapa tuntutan etika semakin penting? Kepentingan etika tak lain adalah mengantarkan manusia kepada kebahagiaan. Continue reading “Kebahagiaan Manusia Yang Beretika”