Anekantavada Essays

The prologue of Waltz into Darkness undermines any romantic illusions as the story itself begins, circa 1900, introducing us to a wealthy Cuban coffee planter named Luis Durand who anticipates the arrival of a mail order bride named Julia Russell (Jolie). Handsome and rich, he has never married ("Love is not for me. Love is for those people who believe in it"). His expectations for the bride are realistic: "She is not meant to be beautiful. She is meant to be kind, true and young enough to bear

The question regarding our humanity or ‘what it means to be human’ is an important question to ask in this period of time. Is there a single correct answer to this question? Or does every person have their own view on what it means, therefore no correct answer? Is this level of thinking something special of being human? People are peculiar who knows what they think. In this essay I will be discussing my view of what I think it means to be truly human. Second, I will link what I think to two of the