The first step to self-knowledge is the rejection of the familiar.
What truly is the standing of our self-knowledge? Is it the morals and values embedded deep inside our conscious or is it the culmination of events and circumstances in our surroundings. While there are diverse theories to explain the enigmatic concept of self-knowledge, I truly believe that the best way to getting our own self is through meditation. Being at peace with oneself and deep diving into our deepest fears, qualms and dealing face on with our problems. Hence, it is truly leaving behind our biases of the world, i.e moving away from the familiar and exploring life with a new pair of eyes.
Let us take the example of the Indian god, Buddha. Buddha was born to a rich king in the Indian dynasty and was named Siddharth. He was cosseted in his luxurious palace and had all the luxuries from scrumptious food to servants at his doorstep in his golden palace. He was made to live in a bubble, shielded from all kinds of evil like death, illness, and poverty in the world. These manifestations were disabused when he stepped out of the palace in his chariot with his father to witness the city of Bodhgaya. This is when he saw starving citizens, malaria struck kids and disabled people tolling in the sun. He was completely dumbfounded. After a lot of contemplation, he fled from the palace, to find his true calling and to truly understand the meaning of life. He lived an ascetic life in the Himalayas, meditated for weeks and months straight, leaving behind his comfortable home. That is when he left behind the 'familiar' conceptions of the world and set out to create new goals for himself. He dedicated his life to serving the needy and poor and is looked upon as an idol in Hindu mythology even today.
While this folklore bolsters rejection of the familiar, there might be certain scenarios where having certain beliefs or morals plays an upper hand. A commonplace example would be getting influenced by wrong habits due to peer pressure. Your friends might be conniving against someone, and hatching a completely illegal plan from someone. While one would be lured into being a part of this, rejecting the familiar and following what your peers are doing might not be the best way to go about in this situation. A wise decision, based on one's morals, beliefs and prudent understanding of the scenario would assist here. Letting go of all ethical values just to complicit in an act for ephemeral gains is foolish.
Hence, I believe in most cases, rejecting the familiar, and looking at a true reflection of ourselves is the best approach to understanding our self-knowledge. In cases where morality and harm might occur, one should hold an informed credence, and not just do what looks right at that moment. Scenarios like these can prove that impetuous decisions might turn out to be extremely detrimental in the long run. In conclusion, evaluate the circumstances, judicially weigh your options and then give in your hundred percent.
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- The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your p 72
- Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and sup 83
- Teachers' salaries should be based on their students' academic performance. 94
- A person who knowingly commits a crime has broken the social contract and should not retain any civil rights or the right to benefit from his or her own labor. 70
- The first step to self-knowledge is the rejection of the familiar. 66
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, if, look, so, then, while, in conclusion, in most cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.5258426966 133% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 80.0 58.6224719101 136% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2470.0 2235.4752809 110% => OK
No of words: 502.0 442.535393258 113% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9203187251 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7334296765 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88995152423 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 277.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.551792828685 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 744.3 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.3735063601 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.272727273 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8181818182 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.81818181818 5.21951772744 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.123920712377 0.243740707755 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0339228290922 0.0831039109588 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0538403388699 0.0758088955206 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0719421165265 0.150359130593 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0298578632126 0.0667264976115 45% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.1639044944 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.75 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 100.480337079 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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