Central Bicol State University of Agriculture-Sipocot

Impig, Sipocot Camarines Sur

1st Semester S/Y 2019-2018

Activity 1.
Expository Discourse in Understanding the Self
(GEC 3)

ALDAVE, Eloisa N.
BSED 1-SCIENCE

MIRATE, Teodoro Jan

Cos-Instructor
 Wisdom is happiness

" it is better to suffer injustice than to commit injustice", one of socrates idea.
Socrates is a great philosopher of western civilization that concerned to the upright
moral living of person. In greek word, the word philosophy pertains to "philo" which
means to love and "sophia" which means wisdom, we must love having wisdom
because it delves into the deepest why's and wherefores of human existence. All of us
has right because we are desiring for justice. Justice is a huge condition in our society
because a proper justice in some ways are for wealth person because poor person in
some are experiencing a long process for thier desired justice but for wealth person it is
not so hard to be. So sometimes because of that long process of justice, some are
committing injustice, and by injustice they are committing sin so some are losting their
true happiness. So in some, is it right to commit injustice and is it right to be injustice
one?

When God created Adan and Eve all that God teach them is right, being morality
and correct, however when evil opposed them immoral, bad, wrong and even evil
things they got know these things, because the evil one influence them so that human
got to know about bad and good things. In the modern life, nowadays money for some
are power, great thing and a successful way of living. Sometimes they dont know what
they do either it's a bad or good because there goal is the money. We choose to fool for
the money and for their family but some choose to let them be foolish because this is
what they think the right. Be dishonest or honest person? what do you think you would
feel if you would choose to be dishonest or what do you think you would feel if you
choose be honest one? What really the life we ought to live? Conscience is always at
our back and our soul will not teach us to do wrong. Let's find ourselves, the true self of
us to understand the true nature of us and to avoid committing immoral or injustice.

Sometimes we dont know how to philosophies ourselves because we dont yet

know who really we are so that we dont know yet what really living we must to live and
what must kind of living we must walk on. Socrates said that "know thyself", we must
look very deeply ourselves and ask "what kind of person really I am?", "what do I really
like the most?", what goals in life I have?" and " who really am I?", look upon yourself,
goals, your likes if it is a right thing, a moral thing that could not affect others rather will
helps others. We must examined the very deep or inner of us because according to
Socrates, "Unexamined life is not Worth living", if you really not know your true
existence or worth of your life is in this world so you are not worth it for that life of yours,
we didnot deserve for that living beacuse we are just living for nothing, we are unused
human living. If we did not examined or know ourself and the principle of our living it is
very easy for us to commit injustice like judicial killing, discrimination and others. The
most of us wants judicial killing because they wanted justice, but killing is still need a
justice for the family of that suspect of injustice and killing is still an injustice. when
Socrates said that "it is better to suffer than to commit injustice" it gives us an
information that committing injustice is still an immoral deeds even your end for you is
good but how about an end for others?, is it still a good thing for them?. This thing is
also in the order of our God for our soul that "dont kill", because God is the only one
who create your life , his/her life and everybody's life so no one else worth to take the
life of others. Just remember the golden rule that , "dont do to others what you dont
want do to you", no one wants to die. If you will punished that person of killing so there
is a possibility that her/his family will revenge for the pain and injustice that you have die
for thier love, and by that killing may return by killing as well and your life and their life
will fulfil with sins. Because if your means and your ends will just good for you but not on
others it will also ends and fall in bad and sinful thing. Everyone desired to have a
happiness (Eudaimonia), and by that killing is not a proper way to gain happiness of
true justice, and by that we are just destroying our soul. If you just try to avoid injustice,
avoid revenge, and just let the true punishment in God's hand then you will experience
the true happiness without shame and doubt. Just look upon what Jesus did for us, he
gave his life to save us and forgive us for those sins we did even though we are not
deserve for his sacrifes. Don't lose your true happiness by doing bad means even for
you it ends is right but if your means for gaining happiness is not good there is no good
at all, it will just end in unhealthy and unhappy life, conscience will attack you. A sin will
not be healed by a sin as well rather a sin will be healed by the power of your love,
respect and humbleness, if these things would exist in your life an injustice will not excel
in your life rather a true happiness and peace will rise and reign in your heart. Just turn
your head down or your pride and exist in your heart the humble side of yours.
According to Aristotle"happiness depend upon us" which is right because our happiness
does not lies on others it is depend in every action we made, in every words we say and
in every thing we thought. Care for our self as it is the temple of your happiness not your
body and not you money or wealth.

If you not feel that happiness that you desired because of him/her, then it is not
about them, it is now about you, because at first if you choose the right one, right
person, right decision and right action you will freely fell happiness with no doubt.
Choosing critically help you succeed, just know first your decision, action and learn to
be humble. Love having wisdom because wisdom is knowing the right and righteous is
good. Goodness is wisdom because a wise man is well-cultured person. Having know
what is right, knows how to control himself and has a courage. So for the thinker like
Socrates, a wise man is happy because he knows what the upright living is, according
to socrates. And it is the essence of having a virtous life, by having a wisdom is a happy
living our life. Be true to your self and learn to love wisdom as for me a way for our true
happiness.