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Undergraduate / The Paradox of Freedom - A College Entry Essay [2]
This is a college essay idea I have came up with after finishing a very inspiring series. The prompt is whatever you please to write about. My intended major is philosophy, so I wanted to reach a few philosophical points. I am hoping that I have not reached too far out there. Thank you for reading!
To be free is impossible, but to attempt "freedom" is to be enslaved by it - my wonder of many who rave of freedom have bounced off of this. What is true freedom? The definition of freedom is most commonly as an absence of restraints. But does it define freedom for everyone? Freedom is not a single definition, but an ever changing, evolutionizing topic and changes every second within every person. Our perception of freedom changes as we grow. As freedom changes our eyes we are left to wonder, is anything or anyone truly ever free? No, of course not. As long as we have laws and explicit norms, no one is ever free. What is this idea of freedom and everyone preaches about? Corruption.
There are two distinct sides of freedom. One is this childlike freedom, representing curiosity, wonder, and hope. The further is seeing freedom as something inherent that has been stolen, taken - a view that can bring outrage towards the world. This first view corrupts the second. As the first is childish, unrealistic - it sets standards at which are impossible and achievable. This ultimately causes the other and freedom is soon learned and taught to be unachievable. This is through disappointment, disobedience, and failure, which soon turns into something that can never be reached.
How can we solve this? Don't chase after freedom. Instead, chase after peace. For it is not being free that allows us to do what we want, it is not letting our inner being restrain us from being our needs, wants, and desires. Unless those desires are unwanted by others or immoral. This leads to chasing after morals. Freedom is not guided by what is "bad" or "good" but what is able and what is unable. Morals are the self governing rules, they determine one's free will, making one's own, even if it is false, freedom. Morals give us reasons to live by and limits to push.
Lastly, I've learned over the past many years that decisions come at a large cost. My final input on these would be, make the decision. Would it trouble many around you? Possibly. Would it make you, yourself, a slave to freedom - making you chase after freedom for the sake of those around you? I hope so. For being a slave to freedom yourself, giving up your wonders just of others, is a proud place to be in. While freedom is achievable, the idea to give those around you peace, morals, and "freedom" is worth being in glorious surrender of a paradox of freedom.
This is a college essay idea I have came up with after finishing a very inspiring series. The prompt is whatever you please to write about. My intended major is philosophy, so I wanted to reach a few philosophical points. I am hoping that I have not reached too far out there. Thank you for reading!
To be free is impossible, but to attempt "freedom" is to be enslaved by it - my wonder of many who rave of freedom have bounced off of this. What is true freedom? The definition of freedom is most commonly as an absence of restraints. But does it define freedom for everyone? Freedom is not a single definition, but an ever changing, evolutionizing topic and changes every second within every person. Our perception of freedom changes as we grow. As freedom changes our eyes we are left to wonder, is anything or anyone truly ever free? No, of course not. As long as we have laws and explicit norms, no one is ever free. What is this idea of freedom and everyone preaches about? Corruption.
There are two distinct sides of freedom. One is this childlike freedom, representing curiosity, wonder, and hope. The further is seeing freedom as something inherent that has been stolen, taken - a view that can bring outrage towards the world. This first view corrupts the second. As the first is childish, unrealistic - it sets standards at which are impossible and achievable. This ultimately causes the other and freedom is soon learned and taught to be unachievable. This is through disappointment, disobedience, and failure, which soon turns into something that can never be reached.
How can we solve this? Don't chase after freedom. Instead, chase after peace. For it is not being free that allows us to do what we want, it is not letting our inner being restrain us from being our needs, wants, and desires. Unless those desires are unwanted by others or immoral. This leads to chasing after morals. Freedom is not guided by what is "bad" or "good" but what is able and what is unable. Morals are the self governing rules, they determine one's free will, making one's own, even if it is false, freedom. Morals give us reasons to live by and limits to push.
Lastly, I've learned over the past many years that decisions come at a large cost. My final input on these would be, make the decision. Would it trouble many around you? Possibly. Would it make you, yourself, a slave to freedom - making you chase after freedom for the sake of those around you? I hope so. For being a slave to freedom yourself, giving up your wonders just of others, is a proud place to be in. While freedom is achievable, the idea to give those around you peace, morals, and "freedom" is worth being in glorious surrender of a paradox of freedom.
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