Ignorance

Essay I wrote for English class regarding the novel "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. This is the original copy without corrections.

He who is fortunate enough to understand his own errors will blossom from the bud of ignorance; ignorance which encapsulates the immature soul from achieving an enlightened state of mind.

A poem about our quest for unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

While exercising her First Amendment right to freely speak Tuesday, Christine O'Donnell, the Republican and Tea Party-backed candidate for the U. S. Senate seat of Delaware, repeatedly displayed her ignorance of the First Amendment's clause regarding...

When words spill from your mouth ...

What if you didn't know your race, gender, income level, etc., and so didn't know if certain laws and policies would favor or disfavor you and people like you? According to philosopher John Rawls, we need to adopt just such a perspective to be fair.

Critical thinking involves learning to identify and guard against common logical fallacies, such as Appeal to Ignorance, which means to justify a position by citing the lack of proof or evidence against it.

This is a short personal essay on some fleeting thoughts about the concept of ignorance being "bliss" and some neat ideas worth giving some thought.

We Americans should have the courage to take responsibility for our actions and thoughts in the present: no need to pass the buck or look for scapegoats in our own issues

John Rawls is perhaps the most significant intellectual in philosophical ethics to have written in the past hundred years. While this summary of his theory of justice is by no means exhaustive, it does provide a useful introduction.

Ignorance is one of the biggest foes of the 21st century. It is at the core of all human conflicts. The best way to reach happiness and a better life is to eliminate it.

At one time ignorance was seen to be an ill-advised chose of word but it is not as damaging as the word stupid.

The Lighthouse serves as a symbol of knowledge in Prospero's Daughter.

Just a simple poem on the lies humanity has submerged itself in.

An interview that was conducted to showcase the accessibility of common sense.

A poem about ignorance

This close reading paper discusses Jane Austen's careful usage of the words "ignorant" and "unintelligent," which gives them entirely separate meanings.

Over the past forty years, I grew up. I became a bona fide adult living my life in a world where knowledge is something akin to the latest fad of the day.

The "secularist" and the "religionist" are ultimately identical, because "their" shared ignorance exists ... in the lack of knowledge of knowing themselves as human beings.

This untaught trend of philosophy comes from under the desk of a part-time Renaissance Philosopher and a Thoughts Trader, who contrabands judgments and beliefs engendered between the sphenoids of his skull, and launches them into the mighty Internet.

Was voting YES on 8 a mistake, created by ignorance or was it a crime against freedom created by Hate? You tell me!

Section 16 of Mr. Stolyarov's free Public Choice Economics Study Guide discusses the concept of the rational ignorance of voters in elections and the consequences of this phenomenon for the kind of behavior that occurs during elections.

Stop Ignoring and Start Informing! Vote wisely!

A lack or common sense may best describe the recent controversy surrounding a Huron County Sheriff who is up for Re-election this year. His chances of re-election seem to fading as each day passes.

Are we encouraging stupidity today through education and social engineering? An exploration of what it means to make choices and why we make them.

You may be thinking, "How does ignorance equal big money?" Well, here is the catch: It is not the ignorant who make money; it is others who make tons of money on the ignorance.

a look into the inner-workings of ignorance and its affect on our society as a whole.

Matthew Lewis' approach to the heroine shows a drastic contrast to other novels produced in the 18th century. His novel digs into previous models of innocence and ignorance, and questions whether you can have one without the other.

This underestimated treasure can save the poor population that desperately requires psychotherapy and a map in the darkness of ignorance where they live! Everyone sees dreams without exception. This is free and safe psychotherapy for everyone!

Are Americans more happy than the rest of the world because a general ignorance about the state of their finances?

Al Gore's latest book attacks George W. Bush and his administration for rejecting empirical evidence and hard facts in favor of whatever they believe.