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| Do now what makes your heart pound! | |||
| 작성자 | Department of External Cooperation | 작성일 | 2014-09-26 |
| 조회수 | 2044 | ||
| Do now what makes your heart pound! | |||||
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Department of External Cooperation |  |
2014-09-26 |  |
2044 |
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What if you realize that your life is limited! 100 CEOs who had spent the long Chu Seok holidays were gathered in Convention Hall of Mirae Building of Pukyong National University at 7 am September 11th. The whole country seems to be in the grip of ‘humanities fever.’ What is the value the humanities seek for? The professor Kim Sang Keun of Yonsei University (department of Theology), the lecturer of the day, gave the answer. Title of the lecture was ‘Fundamental Value the Humanities Seek for.’ According to Professor Kim, ‘Truth · Good · Beauty’ is the answer.
The professor took an example of Homeros, a figure of 8th century, 2,800 years ago. Homeros is the author of ‘Ilias’ and ‘Odysseia,’ considered the best epics throughout the European literature. “Homeros constantly keeps asking himself who he is and where he is heading in Odysseia,” professor Kim said. ‘Odysseia’ depicts journey of General Odysseus to his hometown with his men after 10 years of Trojan War. “The scene Odysseus goes through various crisis and hardships reflects on our lives just as it is. And the answer for who I am is that I am the one born with destiny to live with agony,” professor Kim said. Odysseus rejects Calypso’s temptation promising immortality and loses his men fighting against Kyklops, a one-eyed monster. “I have gone through many things in the battlefield and suffered so far. Therefore any additional hardship is meaningless for me. What agony are you going through? Love your destiny to live with agony, though!” says Odysseus. Odysseus also says to himself, “Endure, my heart. You got over the dreadful spectacle that your men were eaten by Kyklops. You were not tempted and waited in the cave! There is no reason you can’t put up with this suffering!” “My comrades, as I know, this will be one of our memories someday. Any agony and any hardship always passes and that will remain inside us as a faint memory,” he said after his men were killed by Skylla. One day, Siren attracts Odysseus and he is about to be drawn into it, listening to its song. Odysseus says to his men, “Fasten me with a rope on the mast not to move at all and if I beg or command you to set me free, you shall tie me more tightly with more ropes.” Introducing this passage where Odysseus fastens himself on the mast to fight against Syren’s temptation, professor Kim said, “We are the main agent who tie ourselves on a mast. We should fasten ourselves and the higher position we get in, the more we should careful of the nature of human beings.” Odysseus, on the journey to his hometown, Ithace. His journey conveys a message that we have to step forward to our goals. Odysseus says after his harsh journey, “We have not reached the end of our anguish. There will be countless difficulties in my life and I shall get over them however hard it will be.” “Have you achieved your goals? If so, set another goal and go for it. Who are you? Because you are born to go through pain, do not be afraid failure and agony and stick to your goals,” the professor said.
Cicero’s teacher was Plato. The point of ‘Politeia’ written by Plato is ‘the guardians possess wisdom, the auxiliaries possess courage, and the whole possesses justice and moderation for the society’s justice.’ However, the anguish of Cicero who lived in ‘triumvirate’ period when will to power and endless desires conflicted each other was ‘what are the duties humans should fulfill in the world of lawlessness?’ Unlike his teacher, Cicero insisted that justice be a process itself, not a result. “Plato said that a rulers should have wisdom, guardians should have courage, citizen should have moderation, and all of the social members should concentrate on what is supposed to be done to realize justice,” the professor added, “Cicero said the duty of a ruler is considering truth, and we all should share skill, labor, and talents and focus on what we have to do to establish justice. And that is the duty of human beings.” Michelangelo integrated all of the former generations through various masterpieces of sculptures, architectures, and paintings such as Pieta, David, The Sistine Chapel Ceiling and Basilica di San Pietro. “Michelangelo presented a new standard of art to artists of the contemporary and next generation. Including Caravaggio, Tiziano, and El Greco, the goal of the contemporary best artists was to overtake Michelangelo and their efforts brought about the next era,” Kim said. Then, how can this creative life be realized? “Pursuit of true excellence in ‘the Last Judgement’ was possible when Michelangelo realized limitedness of life,” he said. Saying that everyone faces the final moment, professor Kim introduced a quotation of Steve Jobs at the end of the lecture. “Knowing that I’m going to die has become the biggest tool to make the most important decisions in my life. External expectations from others, pride, and even fear of failure are all meaningless in front of death. Only one question, ‘what is the most important thing?’ is left behind. The best way to be from a fear that I might lose something is to remember that I am destined to die eventually. Our destiny has already been set in front of death. And, most important, follow your heart and do what makes your heart pound.” |
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