Analysis Of The Four Major Identitys By Mark Lilla

After listening to the lecture that was given on the four major identities by Columbia history professor Mark Lilla. I learned what values and characteristics these four identities had. Lillia also gave many examples with which characters would fit in with certain identities and described which characteristics they took from that certain identity. There was one identity that I was more interested in and I as well viewed more positively compared to the other three identities, which was Sage. One of the reasons why I found the Sage more interesting than the other three identities; the soldier, the saint, and the citizen was because professor Lillia said that there are two types of sage. The first one being, one who draws lessons from†¦show more content†¦I thought these drawbacks that the sage has werent as bad when compared to the other three. The soldier could mistake honor with vanity, courage with hubris, and his duty with vengeance. The saint could end up being very naive and since they tend to stick to the rules and anything that they are told they tend to not think for themselves making them square. The citizen tendency for trying to fit in make them just another face in the crowd, they can have an absence of their own distinctive identity. The sage is his own person and may have a bias but at least they choose what they believe because there have been examples or they themselves have had an experience, which I strongly believe is better than trying to bl end in or following the rules blindly in order to be liked. With the soldier its sort of self explanatory because I believe its better to think before you act, dont let your emotions negative or positive dictate your actions because even though it feels like a good choice it may end up not being so. Professor Lilla gave an example of a character that was a sage, this same character was talked about in our History 104 class. This character was Socrates, he was a classical Greek philosopher. In an article I read about Socrates called â€Å"Socrates† written on thoughtCo.com by N.S. Gill, the author stated that socrates could possibly be the wisest sage of all time. Socrates is a man whoShow MoreRelatedVietnams Bank Risk Management33687 Words   |  135 Pagesmanagement in banks, and understand the facts about the Vietnamese credit conditions. Four research questions will step by step guide the audience on how these objectives are achieved. In order to give out an evaluation of credit risk management practices, this thesis has tried to build a list of assessment criteria deriving from the literature that has been revised during the study. The criteria are grouped into four categories: credit culture, credit policies, credit organization personnel and creditRead MoreAutobi lography of Zlatan Ibrahimovic116934 Words   |  468 Pagesmade me happy. I played some ball with the kids and tried to make sure everyone was feeling alright, and of course I spent time with my video games. It s like a disease for me. They eat me up. But since the time in Inter when I could play until four, five in the morning and go to practice after just a couple of hours sleep, I ve set some rules for myself: no Xbox or Playstation after 10 at night. I can t let time run away from me, and during these weeks in Spain I really tried to spend time