I Dream of Gorgias

The title just seemed to roll off the tongue well and I suppose with all of the thought on the play and life inquiries, the title is sufficient. Anyways, after looking over my post about a week or so ago, I know that whatever I believe to be indicative of time and money well spent has not greatly changed. In a broad perspective, that is. In specifics, I think that my views are a bit different.

I am tempted to believe that a self-fufilled lifestyle would be most indicative of time and money well spent. By this, I mean that by the end of one's college career, he or she is living a life that makes him or her happy. Well what makes them happy? We discussed this in class quite a bit, and I think that it comes down to something you do that feel good about. And when this occurs, there is no denying it. People can ask, "why do you feel so content?" And I believe that sometimes you just know- there is that sentimental feeling/emotion that one can acquire. It is rare, but it is there.

A few weeks ago, I would have thougt that more hands-on aspects of life would be indicative of time and money well spent- things like a well-paying, successful job perhaps. However, I did believe that one must be content with what he or she is doing, which is what I believe now as well.

In order to be wise, I think that one needs to accept all possibilities of life. I cannot narrow my focus on only one thing. Even though I mentioned before that I need to do only what makes me happy, I think that in order to be wise, we can still do these things but experience others as well. For instance, if eating peanut butter and jelly sandwhices make me happy (which of course they do), I could broaden my perspective on the sandwhich and use a different kind of bread. Now, I am more knowledgeable about what else can make the sandwhich. Of course this may be an odd way to approach wisdom, but who ever said there was only one meaning to wisdom? In order for us to be wise, we must acknowledge all aspects of life.