Humanities

    The debate about whether knowledge or ignorance is more important is one that does not seem to have one clear answer. On the one hand, knowledge can help you live your life with more honesty, but it can weigh on you and put you in uncomfortable situations that could be avoided if you just did not know the truth. On the other hand, ignorance can help you live a bit more freely, but it can also make a fool out of you and lead to your own downfall. Throughout Gilgamesh, Genesis, Oedipus,  and Lone Star , I believe that knowledge is shown to be the more valuable asset of the two. Whether it be for peace of mind or for the improved lives of those around you, the benefits of the truth far outweigh the risks.      Gilgamesh shows us that knowledge is more valuable than innocence because his ignorance keeps him from appreciating the greatness of the city he leads. At the beginning of his story, he is a demi-god king who takes advantage of the women under his ru...

     As people, we can tend to be pretty poor at knowing where exactly our skills, and especially our flaws, lie. This is because we might overestimate our abilities in some places and underestimate them elsewhere. Because we are dealing with ourselves, it is naturally quite difficult to objectively measure us. In my experience the really tricky part about knowing your own flaws is that you have to be careful not to exaggerate just how bad you are at something. Underestimating is not better than overestimating, they are both bad in their own ways. Both can result in low self-esteem and hurt your chances at trying new things. The buzzword for finding out where you excel, where you fall short, and where you are pleasantly mediocre is introspection; however, I do not think that it is as easy as sitting down and trying to sort through the cobwebs in my brain to get to the truth of who I am. In order to find where your strengths, weaknesses, and average talents lie is unfortun...