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Carpe Dium

Philosophizing does not come easily to me. That is why I took this course. I wanted to expand my mind and really try to become a philosopher. With our first test under our belts and moving on to Ishmael I have discovered that yes, I can be a philosopher just as much as the student sitting next to me. Henry David Thoreau’s Life in the Woods was an essay that I could really relate to. I feel like most of my life I am just going through the motions and not living life to the fullest. His quote “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” was an eye opener to me in that I do not want to lead a life of quiet desperation. Many masses of men do lead quiet desperation, you can see it driving in rush hour traffic. You can see it when you go to get a cup of coffee. Many people on this earth are simply going through the motions and just trying to survive life rather than live it. I want to “seize the day” if you will and make my life overflowing with experiences and meeting new people. Being a girl, I have also become quite attached to my belongings. My purses, my boots, my sunglasses, and so on. Thoreau wanted people to get back to basics and get rid of all of your material things and live without those things for a while. This also really spoke to me because I am very