10. A real Catholic can make the best decision but at the same time can also remain open to growth and change Kohmescher, 1990: 153-156.
In other words, Catholics or Christians believe that God is their only creator, but it is free for them to give personal response to God. The only way for
Catholics or Christians to get to know more about Christ is through both the Holy Bible studying and personal prayer. Basic morality of Catholics or Christian is a
morality of loving God, of others, and of self, and it is a challenging morality. Catholics or Christians always tries to act inside their value of Christianity but in
their live, Christians or Catholics must be able to balance their principle as the followers of Jesus Christ with their circumstances. Catholic or Christian must also
be fully responsible for the impact of their action, and by realizing this, they must be properly formed so that they can be mature Catholics or Christians that can
make the best decision and at the same time can also remain to grow and change to be the best of themselves.
5. Review on Philosophy
Randal in his book Philosophy an Introduction stated that: It is difficult to give a satisfactory formal definition of philosophy. Every
definition turns out to be the expression of an individual and limited conception, reflecting the practice of that enterprise in the definer 1942:
1.
In other words, it is very difficult to define what philosophy is, because we cannot depend on only one definition on philosophy. There are many definitions of
philosophy and each definition is based on one’s point of view. Human beings and their life is the definer of philosophy itself.
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One basic concept of philosophy, which regards philosophy as life’s view, is that human beings use philosophy as the constant effort to make their life
meaningful. To explain more about it, Liang Gie in his book Philosophy as an Element of Human Existence
cited J.A. Leighton words who mentioned that: Philosophy seeks a totality and harmony of reasoned insight into the nature
and meaning of all the principle aspects of reality. A complete philosophy includes a world-view or reasoned conception of the whole cosmos and a
life-view doctrine of the value, meanings, and purposes of human life 1998: 12.
In short, philosophy tries to find out the nature and the meaning of all life’s principle and the complete meaning of philosophy includes the concept of the
whole world, the value, the meaning and the purpose of life. Randal also mentioned that it is very definite that the central issue of philosophy is about
human’s life and its connection with the reality. Philosophy tries to reveal some basic question about life, such as what the meaning of life is and what makes life
worth living 1942: 5. In his book The Philosophical Journey an Interactive Approach, Lawhead
mentioned that philosophy has four basic goals. The first one is the search of self- understanding, the second is love and pursuit of wisdom, the third is the question
about our basic concern meaning, such as God and happiness, and the last is the search for beliefs that can be justified 2000: 6.
6. The Relation Between Philosophy and Literature
Philosophy and literature have a very close relationship because there are many great philosophers who reflect their ideas in literary work Knight, 1962:
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