Thursday, May 21, 2009
POST 7[FION]
Today we have watched an interview of Joseph Campbell called The Power of Myth; he talked about mythology and how does it associate with the human society. I find it especially interesting when he talk about the little voice we have inside our-self and that sometimes what we intend to do doesn’t match with who we are. The little voice, I think, has a good sense of what is moral and what is immoral(we understand them through experiences); however, the way we act is not always right. For example: all of us understand that lying is a bad thing, but in our daily life, despite that our little voice tells us not to lie(because we know lying is not a right thing to do), many of us still do.
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I liked the way you question Joseph Campbell's idea of everyone having a voice in their heads(conscience). Specifically, I liked the way you questioned how we have a voice in our heads, but we choose not to listen to it. This idea could coincide with Joseph Campbell's idea that people should not let there heads run the show, but let the heart.
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