Selected Essays
Crime, Punishment, and Self-Acualization
Crime and Punishment: Dostoyevysky’s seminal work about the murder of a pawnbroker by a poor law student and the ensuing anguish and agony. What can this teach us about the framework for self-actualization? Lets understand better the plot and framework of Crime and Punishment before applying it to our own lives. Raskolnikov, a student living…
Keep readingNietzsche, Marx, and … Barbie???
Nietzsche, Marx, and … Barbie??? A more than unlikely trio When we think of influential thinkers and figures that have shaped our world, Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx often come to mind. Their ideas and philosophies have had a lasting impact on fields such as philosophy, politics, and sociology. But what if I told you…
Keep readingMy Life
My Life That Saturday morning, I ran up to my room and locked the door, crying. I spent the day huddled in my room with nobody but Sal Khan. The day before, my mom and sister had gone to Canada to help my grandfather, who was just diagnosed with leukemia. I was starting school soon,…
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Transcend Over 