Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Mr.Humphrys, Reading your article on how texting is wrecking our language, it has become very clear that you are afraid of change; you do not like the Internet; you do not like how are language is changing. Your surroundings will not stay the same, neither will your lifestyle, or your world, that’s a fact and…

The good and nice side of the countryside Waking up looking at the ceiling in the old, freezing and dark room, creeping myself out of this great bed. I stand and open the curtains opposite the room, the sun light aiming over the horizon and blinds me, I regain my vision the room is lit…

Jack flag from Joel North on Vimeo.

Is it beneficial for you people to take part in competitive boxing? Allowing your child to step into a boxing ring and getting hit by another kid, is just stupid. I wouldn’t think many people would be wanting their child having bruises on their face. If you put a couple 5 year olds in a…

 May 15th, 2015   9:00am – 3:10pm  I have arrived back to school greeted by the school sign saying “Wentworth Secondary School”, on a Monday morning the worst day of the week according to almost everybody. It is only because everybody goes back to school or work if the first day of school or work was…

What makes a man a man? I believe what makes a man is that they have come from another person, not that if they have three arms, three legs, six fingers and six toes. It doesn’t matter what you have on the outside it’s what happens on the inside, because some people have problems with…

Baz Luhrmann done many things to keep the spirit of Elizabethan theater alive the film interpretation such as: the language used is the old language that was used in the Elizabethan era the scenery like on the beach there was a stage just like there would be in the theater everybody was very passionate about their religion where as now people are apart…

Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in. ROMEO I fear, too early: for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful…

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