Today in class we started with the quote by Hamlet, "Why, then, 'ts none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison."
The prison he is referring to is Denmark.
Hamlet has seen the outside world and feels that Denmark is his prison.
From that point on we got into a discussion on Philosophy.
(Before I get any farther, I would like to say this is probably the best class I've ever had.)
We spent the rest of class talking about mostly Theoretical Philosophy. This includes metaphysics, beliefs about reality, and logic, the technique of reasoning.
Mr. Lazarow led the discussion, mainly focusing on one's perception of reality. He challenged us with questions about the meaning of words, why they are accepted as words, and who's to say these words truly represent the actual object. He gave us the example of a "stapler." How can we truly determine that the object known as a stapler should be called a "stapler." He challenged us with many more examples and questions, but it all came down to one's personal belief and one's perception of the reality.
A stapler can be nothing. A stapler can be everything.
Jordan Levy
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