Final Blog Post

 Henry Moseley

Section 10

Final Blog Post

I have decided to start doing a little journalism as a new hobby.  For my first article I wanted to ask some very well known philosophers a couple questions for my article.  For my first two philosophers, I decided to contact Susan Neiman and John Kaag and they were both very happy to meet and answer my questions.  For my third and final philosopher, I chose to speak with Aristotle.  However, I quickly realized that may become a slight problem, because Aristotle had been dead for nearly 2400 years.  So, I hired some Satanists to do this black magic seance in order to raise Aristotle from the dead.  It took my entire life savings, so I hope I am able to get a good answer from him.  After I raised Aristotle from the dead, I called Susan, John, and Aristotle to my home so I could ask them some questions for my article.

Me: Hello everyone I am glad you could make it, especially you Aristotle.  Your age has treated you quite well!

John: It is a pleasure.

Susan: I am glad to be here, and very nice to meet you Aristotle!

Aristotle: I am happy to be here and I am so glad that my ideas have carried on as long as they have.  What are your questions?

Me: My first question is, What does it mean to grow up and why should we?  My second question is, what makes life worth living?

Susan: Excellent questions and I am very happy to answer both.  For starters, I believe growing up can be different for every individual human being, but I also believe there are a lot of things that each person can relate to when it comes to growing up.  For instance, most people believe that growing up involves figuring out what you want to do with your life.  Whether that is working as a nurse Hospital or being a some type of political activist for your community does not really matter.  I believe we should grow up because growing up helps us bring benefit to the world with whatever we decide to do with our lives, and as we grow up, we will learn to better benefit the world.  And for your second question, I believe it really ties back to my first answer.  Once we find a way to make a difference in the world no matter how small, it will give each of us a drive to do better and live to our lives to the complete fullest.

John: I will have to agree with a lot of what Susan is saying.  I think growing up can be different for the individual as well.  In fact, extremely different.  Think of all the people from different backgrounds.  Wealth, Gender, Ethnicity, Culture, and what country you are apart of can all have an effect on what you think is growing up.  In first world countries like the United States, growing up usually means getting a job and starting a family.  Also providing for that family.  In other countries, something as simple as a ceremony could mean you are grown up.  As for why grow up?  I believe that is a harder question.  A lot of people look back to their childhood and wish to go back so it would seem like nobody likes being grown up.  However, I believe that if you try and do something that satisfies you for the remainder of you life, that is enough of a reason to grow up.  For your second question, I believe a lot of things can make life worth living.  In it's simplest form, doing things that make you happy can make life worth living.  You can also do things that help other peoples lives.  The possibilities are endless.

Aristotle: Very great points to the both of you!  I can agree with a lot of them.  I understand that my beliefs might be a little outdated, but I think that they can still be related to today's questions and issues.  I will try my hardest to relate with things going on in today's world instead of what was going on over 2000 years ago.  I believe that growing up really depends on our expansion of knowledge and learning new things.  So throughout your life I believe you never truly stop growing up.  Even as we get smarter, there will still be new things to learn and new experiences to have.  For example, you guys managed to put humans on the moon, and now you guys are talking about putting humans on Mars.  We never stop growing and learning.  And as for why grow up?  Humans have been fascinated with knowledge ever since our existence.  People like me during my time and now people like you during yours.  The constant hunger for knowledge is never ending.  We will keep growing because that is our nature.  Now, for your second question, I believe that learning new things is enough to make life worth living.  Helping the human race advance and keep advancing way after you are gone.  At least, I have experienced it first hand.  Humans have accomplished things that I could not have even imagined. 

Susan: Very great points guys!  I very much enjoyed this conversation!

John: I also enjoyed hearing your views, thanks for having me.

Aristotle: It was a pleasure getting to sit and talk with all of you.  Have a good day.

Me: Thanks everyone!  I enjoyed this conversation and I hope we have more.

I let everyone out my door and watched Susan and John get into their vehicles and leave.  Aristotle just decided to start walking down the road as my neighbors gazed at him with very confused looks.  I never did see Aristotle again, last I heard, he got put into a mental facility because everyone thought he was delusional.  Oh well, at least he answered my questions.