tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post8070944002636703874..comments2024-01-28T09:52:30.550-08:00Comments on Arash's World: Is an Idea worth dying for?Arash Farzanehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-62002498047552288672018-05-15T14:06:15.382-07:002018-05-15T14:06:15.382-07:00Thank you so much, Kim, for sharing your thoughts ...Thank you so much, Kim, for sharing your thoughts (and Facebook post) here! You are absolutely right, ideas are merely ideas and not the real thing and certainly not life. If only people could see past strife, religion, color, country, nationality and instead see life as it is! That is a dream of mine.<br /><br />You mention Abraham and perhaps you might be interested in a post on Kierkegaard and faith I posted quite some time ago: <br /><br />http://arashworld.blogspot.ca/2009/03/god-said-to-abraham-kill-me-son.html<br /><br />I would love to know your thoughts on it! Thanks again!Arash Farzanehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-71631667587874215232018-05-15T07:59:12.028-07:002018-05-15T07:59:12.028-07:00I just posted on Facebook prior to reading your bl...I just posted on Facebook prior to reading your blog:<br /><br />Ideas may be weak, may be powerful, yet they are ghosts flickering within neurons. Life is larger. I have many ideas, only one life in this elusive moment. Why then do we place such value on these sparks of light that men & women die for them? I have heard it said that some ideas are worth dying for. Would you sacrifice your child? What then should we think of you?<br /><br />The second to last line may bring Abraham & Isaac to mind.<br />I think as an elder we should react to the Biblical story as troubling rather than reverential. Kim Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-34652845351032690552014-05-07T17:20:26.963-07:002014-05-07T17:20:26.963-07:00Thanks so much for sharing this! There was some qu...Thanks so much for sharing this! There was some quite interesting and insightful material here, especially considering the age group. I particularly liked the following remark:<br /><br />"most things in this world are temporary but to end your life is permanent"Arash Farzanehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-77843454046626536512014-05-06T13:52:34.626-07:002014-05-06T13:52:34.626-07:00Great!! Here's a transcript of the outcome. Ke...Great!! Here's a transcript of the outcome. Keep in mind I teach 8th graders English I and Humanities, so they are at the ripe old age of 13 or 14. <br />Some of their comments are thought provoking, but some others aren't really. :)<br />https://todaysmeet.com/mrspulidoSocrates/transcriptAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537840829728247597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-13973341526197539692014-05-04T21:31:51.872-07:002014-05-04T21:31:51.872-07:00Thank you, Pia for the kind words, and I'd lov...Thank you, Pia for the kind words, and I'd love to hear what your students think about it! <br /><br />I also have a more recent blog entry on the death of Socrates under "Sacrificial Deaths" that might be of interest too. http://arashworld.blogspot.ca/2014/04/sacrificial-deaths.html<br /><br />Thanks so much for visiting and commenting, and hope you have a great class!<br /><br />ArashArash Farzanehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-19099628168054108092014-05-04T20:55:56.864-07:002014-05-04T20:55:56.864-07:00Loved this blog piece! Thank you for sharing. I...Loved this blog piece! Thank you for sharing. I'm planning my English I/Humanities lesson introducing my students to The Trial of Socrates. One of the essential questions is "Is any idea worth dying for?" I Googled the question and your blog came up! How perfect. We will read this in our Humanities class. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537840829728247597noreply@blogger.com