alexanderdream Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 The baccalaureat, often known in France familiarly as the bac, is the exams that students must pass at the end of the lycee (secondary school). In order to get their baccalaureat diploma (a kind of British A-Levels or American high school diplomas), all students must take the philosophy exam, regardless of their field of study. Yesterday, one of the philosophy exam questions was : "Do we have to prefer happiness to the truth ?". If you were a french student, what would you have answered ? :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 just wonder.. t'as eu combien en philo au bac... si tu l'as passé bien sur. J'ai eu 4 yeahhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uarewotueat Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 "Do we have to prefer happiness to the truth ?". haha sounds like thai philosophy to me :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguksaram Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 "Do we have to prefer happiness to the truth ?". haha sounds like thai philosophy to me :twisted: To which the obvious answer in Thailand would be.....HELL YES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderdream Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 just wonder.. t'as eu combien en philo au bac... si tu l'as passé bien sur.J'ai eu 4 yeahhhh 9... :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderdream Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 j'ai commence a aimer vraiment la philosophie apres le lycee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anenglishman Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I am little biased towards things French because I have spent so many years living in a french speaking environment, but the Bac is truly a great system. Interestingly, many of the top English private schools are moving or considering moving towards the Bac and away from A-levels. This is partly because of continual meddling by the British government but, also, because they are beginning to recognize the real limitations of A-levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaDaz Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 If you were a french student, what would you have answered Oh :shock: merde.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderdream Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 If you were a french student, what would you have answered Oh :shock: merde.... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franck1972 Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I would have answered that I prefer happiness above truth. Truth is something very relative, that can often change. What was true yesterday might be wrong today, so why living after a "virtue" that never really is one ? Happiness is a state of the mind that "is", whatever it is, it "is". It "is" in different level, but it "is" always and makes you feel good. Truth is often seen as something reassuring since it seems to give your life stability, but it's a fake stability. Look, some people marry 10 years, are happy, and they often divorce for ?...some truth ? what do you think ? Truth is good though, but only if you can be sure to stand it and if it makes you happy :wink: And if you're after the truth, the only certain truth that has been ever found, is the famous "cogito ergo sum" ( I think so I am ) from the french philosoph Descartes. One single truth...poor life ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playwright Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Bertrand Russell was a famous English philosopher. One day at breakfast he decided to tell his wife the truth. He told her he did not love her any more. He was not a very happy man - nor was his wife made happy. But is does depend on what you mean by the truth. The truth is that we are created to love and not to hurt and this will give us true happiness which consists in joy and peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 The truth is that we are created to love and not to hurt and this will give us true happiness which consists in joy and peace. u obviously have never met the farang of sleazeballs who assemble for a TF BNO !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominique355 Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Seems to me that the real question behind was if you would lie in order to make you or the other happy, or do you prefer to stick to the truth, even if that makes you or the other unhappy? I guess most people (and that includes certainly yours truly) would prefer to be happy, even at the expense of a lie. But that does not include a lie that makes the other miserable. Do Thai people call that a "white" lie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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