My Philosophy of Life

by Ronald Michael Quijano Last update - March 24, 2020 It was 2018 when I thoroughly engaged myself with the philosophy's academe and practice. Skeptical of my beliefs and religion, I've been questioning it and refuting it ineffectively, until the year that I have understood the core concept and the art of argument; that it must be done reasonably, artistically, and intellectually. Until then, I have learned to criticize notions from other sides with genuine reasoning and learned to step away from militantism. To my surprise, it works excellently. I am now able to dispatch my cases and rebuttals calmly and intellectually, making sure the pureness of acumen and reason is loaded in my constructs. Despite such a realization, the mainstream media has now taken over the art of debate and turned it into a bigotry war. Political trolling is now the new norm, internet trolling, on the other hand, has been detected ever since the emergence of Web 2.0 and threatened the control of fr...

by Ronald Michael Quijano A cultivated mind who knows reason knows no fear.  Amidst the effort bestowed by different sectors to minimize the panic among the citizens of every nation, ignorance and fear will overcome such an effort with ease. However, we as individuals also have something to overcome in ourselves: greed. Our ignorant society failed to cope up with the world's modernization. Our lifestyle seems to be benefiting with the product of knowledge but has no concern about the knowledge itself. We know how to use our everyday appliances but know nothing about how it operates. We have access to unlimited communication but don't use it ethically. We have cultivated more and more resources but failed to use it efficiently and effectively. We cannot let our ancestors share the blames we have on ourselves, they do not deserve to be generalized. The failure of our generation is indeed on us, and never theirs. However, our past seems to be a great platform to correct...

The Destructive Ideas of Romanticism by Ronald Michael Quijano Pleasure and problems are everywhere. From our parents to our families, from friendship to intimate relationships - everyone seems to be having a hard time settling with such commitment. Society's growing problem in their environment is much worse, but these personal obligations seem to be spontaneously jumping all over the place. In this essay, I will be discussing the ideas we've been patronizing for a long time that seems to be causing problems to most of our relationships. The ideas that seem to be giving pleasure to us, but only for the short term. An idea that almost everyone is a fan of and thereof almost everyone has gone into dealing with relationships in the wrong way. Special thanks to Alain De Botton and the School of life for giving me the inspiration to write this essay. Maybe, you are asking the reason why did I made such an essay - I think because most concepts of love we have on our lists today ...

Romanticizing Choleric Temperament (Not Much Between Its Ears part 2) Image courtesy of Alamy by Ronald Michael Quijano Toyo - not the typical condiment you have in mind. I am not referring to soy sauce, rather the term that we - Pinoy - are using pertaining to being hot-tempered, moody, or being capricious. This is the term most likely you will see on Facebook nowadays, people posting about how toyoin they are. You know social media, as long as the subject trends, all users are seemingly required to be part of it.  From Ice Bucket Challenge to Hot Water Challenge, from Harlem Shake to Tala Dance Cover, from hating pineapple in a pizza to sudden Lumpiang Shanghai fever, - you name it - you are just crowd surfing. It's as if your life would not be complete, or your personhood would not be whole without you participating in trends. I wonder why there is no Symposium Challenge, Live Stream Debates, Read As Much Books As You Can In a Month Challenge, Math Challenge, or li...

How Stoicism Changed My Life Image courtesy of dailystoic.com By Ronald Michael Quijano It is hard to be an atheist. Yes, it is enlightening; it is also a great platform to bestow your ideas and reason concerning common beliefs and traditions. However great your knowledge is regarding those matters, you must be backed up by wisdom. I was aggressive in my atheism view last 2018, I politicize the classroom with my biased notion, always engaged in continuous exhortation with extreme sophism. I was heavily influenced by the great atheism figures such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Christopher Hitchens. Heavily influenced by their ability to deliver homiletic speeches, I too practiced such. Fascinated by their way of offending religion, and justifying that offending someone will trigger intellectual colloquy, I too practiced such doings by continuously ridiculing religious beliefs. I did not see that engaging in such practice would debilitate understanding and effective com...