A road can be a path or path that facilitates movement.
Roads are known as roads that are built to allow the movement of men and vehicles. Starting from this meaning, the term can refer to something physical and real (such as a route where cars circulate or a path to travel on foot that leads to a certain place), or to an abstract direction of a spiritual nature ( "I want find my own way and be happy."
A path, therefore, is also a concept that reveals a certain moral behavior ( "You must follow a straight and honest path" ), an orientation that must be respected to achieve a goal or arrive somewhere ( "Follow that path"). walk and you will find it» ) and a means to achieve something ( “It is the best way to achieve a promotion” ).
Famous roads
On the other hand, the route that certain people or cultures follow or followed is known as a path. In this context, to cite an example, the so-called Camino de Santiago identifies an itinerary that allows thousands of pilgrims and tourists to go to Santiago de Compostela , a city they visit in order to venerate the remains of the apostle Saint James the Greater .
The system of roads that the Incas built is known as Caminos del Inca . These are trails that converge in the Peruvian city of Cusco and were used to connect it with Bolivia , Chile and Argentina .
The term in literature
The notion of path is also important in literature and culture. "The Road" , for example, is a novel by the Spanish Miguel Delibes published in 1950.
"The Road to Serfdom" , meanwhile, is an essay by Friedrich Hayek published in 1944 ; "Camino" is a book of spirituality created by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (the founder of Opus Dei ); and "On the Road" is a novel by the American Jack Kerouac , which was published in 1951 .
The good path or straight path is called that which respects moral norms and that which is considered decent in a society.
The right path, the right and the left
Despite linguistic differences, in many countries the concept of the good path is used, the correct one, the one that all human beings who pride themselves on being decent and honest should follow. The questions that immediately arise are how to know if we are going through it , what its characteristics are and if there really is only one version of it.
Religious references are practically inevitable in this case, given that people tend to congregate around institutions that promote the worship of divine beings and that usually present a life model necessary for approaching their principles and beliefs. For example, the high road is usually an antonym of homosexuality and divorce, and synonymous with a catalog lifestyle of getting married and reproducing indefinitely .
Taking this last example, we can say that the good way, for certain portions of society, consists of forcing oneself to love someone of the opposite sex and have children with that person, without worrying about the consequences that this brings to the children. May they be born from our union like the planet. The economic crisis, overpopulation, pollution, child vandalism, should not matter to us if we want to be good people .
The graphic representation
Currents of thought, it seems, are usually represented graphically with locations within a great route, with directions and inclinations; the right and the left are a clear example. Although they can be understood as different points of view, which propose incompatible life models , these labels usually denote a lot of contempt when used by a member of a group to talk about the other.
The general perception dictates that the right is conservative and traditionalist , while the left is synonymous with revolution, with radical proposals. Given the opposing nature of these words, it is not expected that these groups will come to an understanding.