Oscar Wilde by rosa

dominguez_guillermo_d1todtico1 — 2018-09-19 20:02:21 UTC

I understand that temptations are not for weak people, but in fact for strong people who are able to recognise their own flaws and to differenciate between what is a temptation and what is not and can evolve to become a better person. Guillermo Domínguez 2A

2018-09-20 11:21:48 UTC

I think that temptation is only for strong, since the weak yield to it and for him is not any more a temptation, it is a reality. So only the strong keep temptation as temptation for ever.

Arturo Sancho. 2B

2018-09-20 11:35:31 UTC

ALEXANDRA MATEI B2F
i think that in order not to have a temptation on doing something, you need not only to have atrength, but also to have courage.

2018-09-20 13:23:32 UTC

I do beleive that weakness yields to temptation. Every day we have different temptations such as gluttony, gloth, lust... And it is true that it´s up to us to fight against them and not fall for them. But even the strongest people (mentaly speaking) fall and break. I beleive that temptations prevent us from being what we truly want to be: perfect. Nobody is perfect and that is because everyone, at least once, has fallen into a temptation. Carlota García-Argüelles Bach2F

2018-09-20 15:20:23 UTC

I truly believe that we all fall for temptations, but those who are more strong tend not to fall for them as often as those who are weak (people who do not have power of will). What prevents mentally strong people from falling for common temptations is determination and the ability to stay true to what they think.
Pilar Pablos Ortega, 2B

2018-09-20 15:48:24 UTC

In my opinion, what yields to temptation besides the weakness (considering that the temptations carry out inconveniences) is the willpower which really makes you avoid terrible temptations and we all have some, either for doing homework or to know what's right and what's wrong.
Nevertheless, as all my classmates say, everyone has fallen for temptations even Adam and Eve, humans created by Lord. This shows that anyone is perfect and everyone is free.
Moreover, I have to add that even if we don't want to fall for temptations there's a part of us which wants to do what you supposed don't want to do, like eating chocolate (if you're in diet). From this part of ourselves, we get the strength and courage that requires.

Isabel Azur Turiano Bach 2A

2018-09-20 16:01:48 UTC

All the people had temptations in their life and some of them are stronger than the others, but if someone falls in a temptation it doesn't mean that he or she is weak , it is just that we are humans and we all have mistakes. Maybe to fall in a temptation it is not mistake,maybe it helps you to achieve something you wanted, maybe you needed that temptation to do it otherwise you couldn't.
Adrian-V. Roman

2018-09-20 16:17:12 UTC

I truly think that weak people make temptation a reality, they cannot hold on to something capable of distracting them from it, while strong people yield to temptation, but still manage not to get temptation onto their loves/daily basis.

RODRIGO HERNANDEZ GALIANA, 2ºB

2018-09-20 16:22:28 UTC

If we consider weakness as a lack of character, we can let ourselves be carried away by temptation. But, sometimes, tempatation is presented as a challenge to which we must face, and to fight our weakness we decided to face temptation with the intention of overcoming it and get to improve our character, wich leads us to suffer hardships to face temptation. On the other hand, there are temptations such as suicide that require great strength to fall into that temptation. Antonio Cid Daviña - B2F

yebra_paula_tico2_b2c — 2018-09-20 16:22:35 UTC

I do not think weakness yields to temptation, but curiosity and desire. If you’re really curious about something, you’ll find yourself tempted to do it without even noticing, and as soon as you note it, it has already been done.

Otherwise, if you’re afraid of the risk, is when you have to take out you strength and courage. Without them, you’ll do nothing.

As I see it, weakness would be an obstable more than a help.

Paula Yebra Guerrero // B2C

2018-09-20 16:25:56 UTC

I think that everyone is on the same situation when it comes to talk about temptations. But I think that weakness is precipitation under that temptation. Even when you are strong sometimes we fall in the temptation but by being stronger than the weak you will think about the consequences before falling into it. For example when you have to do some homework with a date setted on but you are too lazy to start and leave it for the last day. The strong person may fall in the temptation but will think that for sure they will not finish in time so they instead do it 2 or 3 days before. It is not about not falling in temptation but when terrible temptations come across the stronger person will have to make the most effort to not fall on it, while in weakness you will just fall.

María Rosa del Río Escobar, B2C

2018-09-20 16:29:22 UTC

Weakness is related to the lack of resistance something. So when we yield to temptation, we become weak. However, that weakness could be the beginning to became stronger. And also to realise about we need to have more resistance. And probably to improve ourselves. VERÓNICA ÁLVAREZ ABAD B2°A

2018-09-20 16:37:33 UTC

I think that every human has temptations even if it looks like it doesn't. Everyone has fallen for them once in their lives and it is because we are humans, we have some feelings that "make us weak". We hear that little voice in our head that advises us but we know that it is not always right, so that lead us to temptation, to be weak. The ones who are stronger ignore "that voice" because they know what is best for them so they don't need any advice. Maybe they have fallen one time or twice, but they have learned, that's why they are strong. But the ones who are weak still falling for that temptations.

Violet Jiménez Ordóñez 2°A

2018-09-20 16:48:06 UTC

I do believe that weakness yields to temptation. We mostly guide ourselves by emotions, even the strongest people (mentally speaking) do. We are not robots that can be easily manipulated to do things and think the way they are supposed to.
If humans "calculated" every decission make , their lives could turn monotonous and boring. Now don't missunderstand me, there are situations in which thinking a bit more about our decisions is better than following your heart, but like I said we are not machines. I want to end this with a quote I really like and agree with: "The heart has reasons that reason does not understand" - Blaise Pascal

Florencia Godoy // B2F

2018-09-20 16:49:30 UTC

Francisco Manuel Verjaga Pozo 2B°A

For a fact, I believe that it's true that temptations take part only when you are weak for them.

Temptations requiere a strong brain and strong ideas to know by hard you DONT need to follow them, but you need to follow your path, the way to achieve goals.

Its hard to think that temptations, that in a moment appear to be our entrance to happyness/exit of the stress, will only lead us to a subsequent discomfort/pain. So we shouldn't fall in them.

Also, some of my classmates have said, these temptations appear to only exist for prevent us from being perfect, and It's true that perfection DOESN'T exist, but only those who fight for getting closer to it, success.

From my experience, the only way to stop us from temptations is true love for ourselves and true love and concern for our goals.

"Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success." Zig Ziglar.

2018-09-20 17:02:48 UTC

Temptation is ussually defined as something negative (for the sorrow of many). This can be shown very clearlly on the example Isabel talked about. When Adam and Eve falled into temptation they were punished by god. Although fall into temptation looks like the easier path you should avoid it. This is way I think strong people are those that can keep away from temptation, and don't take the easy way. In other words, " If you can find a path with no obstacles it probably doesn't lead anywhere" Frank A. Clark. Sofía Bouhouche B2F

2018-09-20 17:23:41 UTC

It has been notably observed that everyone has fallen at least once into temptation. Maybe you finished that piece of cake that your sister was saving for later, or maybe you slept for "just a couple more minutes". In any of the cases, we can appreciate that not only can we fall into temptation, but that not a single person in this world is immune to it.

We hang on to temptation as an open door that leads to happiness and physical pleasure, as it is usually linked to the desire of something that will calm down the anxiety that you are either suffering physically or mentally (referring to anxiety as the feeling of discomfort that we sense because of an action or thought).

Thus, a temptation, although probably - yet surely - having horrendous consequences, such as getting into a fight with your sibling, or being late to work or school (as we have seen in the previous explained examples), can be at first sight a pleasant solution for your problems, as its definition says.

There are of course people that can sustain the influence of temptation much more than others, therefore, not being affected by the effects of said results. These people, have a more powerful and resistant mind than others, as the mind controls the body and not the other way around. It all depends on the will power that each person has in their mind.

To finalize this opinion, I must say that as much as they appear to be good, temptations aren’t usually the best solution to our problems, and of course, one can have a strong mentality, but will eventually yield to them; even if it is the smallest temptation.

Oliver J.Bartek B2C

2018-09-20 17:31:02 UTC

Temptation is something that has been present in every single one of us;some of us yielded to it and some of us didn't.Falling into temptations is usually correlated to a bad or negative thing which in my opinion is true and this leads to temptations being part of our weaknesses.Only really strong people don't yield to temptations in difference with me and a lot of people since we are too weak to not to yield to this temptations which are present almost in daily basis.So to sum up, temptations arise from weakness and only those who withstand temptations are the ones who are really strong.

Yuki Matsumoto 2-A

2018-09-20 17:50:11 UTC

Absolutely every person on Earth suffers temptation, that is inherent to human nature. We can recognise a temptation by the way it attracts us: a temptation is something to which a part of us desires to yield to, while another part of us warns us against it. Whether we want to believe it or not, deep within we know what we are supposed to do, what we must do. Sometimes these so-called temptations are only referred to as such because they are "taboos" for society, or because we have been warned by others not to yield to those. But deep in our hearts we know if that certain something is worth yielding to or not. Usually it takes a lot of courage to resist to actual temptations, and even if we do fail, we have the opportunity to "redeem" ourselves by admitting our mistake and standing back up. However, it also takes a lot of strength to be able to tell apart actual temptations and prohibitions. Such prohibitions have sunk so deep into our consciences that we see them as something wrong. In this case, it takes even greater strength and courage to "yield" to that false temptation. The easy option is following the crowds and refusing to stand up by ourselves. The right decision might be something that will tear us apart from that which we hold dear, and only the bravest will be able to follow their hearts wherever they may take them. Raquel Romero González, B2B

2018-09-20 18:20:39 UTC

Though yielding to temptation is commonly seen as frailness of will, certain acts can require strength of will in order to be carried out due to possible risks and dangers, this can be seen in modern times in any kind of risky finacial venture, which can yield significant profit but also lead to financial ruin. This can also be seen in historical events, such as that of Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon in order to take over the Roman Republic (temptation being power and the risks being defeat and death).

An alternative way of interpreting this quote is that it takes strength and valour to carry out acts done out of selfless reasons which can be seen as falling to temptation (temptation as in selfish reasons) as though they may lead to infamy or damnation, a person with resolve to see them through will carry on so their intended goal may be achieved. We can see this in the classic example of a person who steals in order to feed his loved ones or, looking again at History, at the case of the Baltic SS Legions (1st Estonian, 1st and 2nd Latvian) as their fight for Nazi Germany would lead to their condemnation at the eyes of the world, yet their wish to see their countrymen live in better condition and eventually win back their independence as a nation made them continue with their struggle.
B2B Peyton Tan

2018-09-20 19:59:01 UTC

Firstly I would say that weakness yields to temptations, but if I continue thinking, I reach the conclusion that it doesn't.

Sincerely, I wouldn't know what to answer, but I had to take a decision, I would answer that it depends on the temptation type, depending if it's on your interest or if the obhective you want to reach is.

Based on my expirience, weakness yields on temptation, beacause most of the time weakness won.

Ilias Lacheri Zahri B2°A

2018-09-20 20:12:17 UTC

All thoughout the ages, and especially in Christianity the act of falling to temptation has been seen as sinful and a weakness of the soul, and it is a belief that still endures, thus this quote might seem silly at first, however, it is neither in context, nor the full quote, the whole quote has all that this excerpt from it seems to lack. And that lacking knowledge is that the quote seems to justify falling to your traps, instead of this, the full quote indicates that some temptations and some actions that requiere risking your lot should not be seen as a lack of strength. To have the strength to go deep into the abyss, risking it all in your way down armed with only the knowledge that it is from the deepest depths that the hightest peaks rise, that, should be regarded as strength, all in all I think Oscar Wilde tried to tell us that there are some temptations and thoughts that require strength to unearth. -Arturo Pastor Beato B2C

2018-09-20 21:40:31 UTC

The word 'temptation' make us directly think about something bad. It is the wish of doing something that attracts curious or impulsive people but yet it is not convenient for them because of their way of life. I feel like temptation is for everybody, but only the weak use it to cause harm such as disloyalty, lies, and dishonor. Strong people use it to discover new good feelings and emotions such as painters, actors, athletes, etc. Sara Deygas B2F

2018-09-20 22:21:26 UTC

I don't necessarily believe that temptation is directly caused by weakness, as it is not something that is only experienced by weak people, but also by individuals with hardship in their lives that tend to receive pleasure from temptation. But I don't belive they should be identified as weak, as it is just a way for them to escape reality.
Jaime Correa B2A