"Wisdom is rightfully attributed not to people who know what to look for in life but to people who know what to overlook."

Some people may subscribe to the view that wisdom comes to an individual from identifying what to ignore rather than what to rely on. However, wisdom is such an abstract yet poignant concept that ( Read more... )

"Scientific theories, which most people consider 'fact', almost invariably prove to be inaccurate. Thus, one should look upon any information described as 'factual' with skepticism since it may well be proven false in the future."

The issue topic at hand states that scientific theories, often considered factual ( Read more... )

"Media such as books and television tend to create social values rather than reflect them."

The given issue is valid to a very large extent; but a qualification must be made. It is true that today, the values of a society are largely, if not completely, dependent on the influence of the media. The clarification to be ( Read more... )

"Spending time alone makes one a better companion to others."

I remember reading in my high school textbook, that "man is a social animal." - this statement is pertinent in this case. It is a generalized statement that all man's activities in some way involve the need for social acceptance in some form. To facilitate it, ( Read more... )

"The stability of a society depends on how it responds to the extremes of human behaviour."

A society is loosely defined as a gathering of people sharing common property and values. These values extend not only to physical assets like real estate, but also encompass intellectual issues such as cultural values, language, ( Read more... )

"We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own; disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning."

To be successful in life, there exists one guaranteed method - increasing knowledge. A person who explicitly aims to improve his knowledge base by reading ( Read more... )

"When we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. Because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a creative enterprise than it is an objective pursuit. All historians are storytellers."

History is a study of the past. It ( Read more... )

"Our declining environment may bring the people of the world together as no politician, philosopher, or war ever could. Environmental problems are global in scope and respect no nation's boundaries. Therefore, people are faced with the choice of unity and cooperation on the one hand or disunity and a common tragedy on the other."
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