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- 271: The Right of Autonomy
- The Right of Autonomy Political philosophy is the philosophy of the state. A state is a group of people who have supreme authority within a given territory or over a certain population, according to Wolf. and the right to be obeyed which is different ... thinks that classical democracy fails to be a solution to this problem. An autonomous person is not subject to the will of another. This is thought to be the primary obligation of man. In political philosophy, autonomy is a refusal to be ruled, and authority of the state is the right to rule, there is a conflict. If a man fulfills his obligation to autonomy, then he will go against ...
- 272: Candide: Problems With Everyday Surroundings
- ... says a key line which proves he has achieved higher self-awareness due to all the encounters he has faced when he states, “we must cultivate our garden.” Although this doesn’t go with the philosophy of optimism, Candide is not pessimistic. The theme underlying all the persiflage and fantasy is this: If you want a better world, get off your rear and do something about it, even if it is ... as simple as cultivating your garden. Candide encounters many different characters that help shape him into what he becomes in the end. Dr Pangloss is one of the first characters mentioned. He initially gives the philosophy that all is for the best in the world to our main character in the first chapter when it states, “that things cannot be otherwise: for, since everything was made for a purpose, everything is ... there are two forces acting on us that are good and evil, but that they are not always equal favoring the evil side more. As Candide and Martin travel together, Martin shows Candide how his philosophy works and allows Candide to decipher between the two philosophies he has learned. In chapter twenty they see two ships fighting at sea and one of them happens to be sailed by a man ...
- 273: J.D. Salinger
- ... controversial one for the author. Salinger often uses religion for comfort. He leads his characters on a journey for happiness through religion. It is a way to free them. Salinger uses much of the Zen philosophy to attain this freedom. The Zen Philosophy was a new sect of Buddhism that came out of China. It promoted Meditation as the way to personal fulfillment ("Zen" 146). One of Salinger’s characters in "Nine Stories" has a certain philosophy about life that runs parallel to the Eightfold Path used in the Buddhism religion. The Eightfold Path is one of the four Noble Truths. It is a path to the suppression of suffering and ...
- 274: Confucius 2
- ... separate states of ancient China. Confucius devoted himself to learning. At the age of 30, however, when his short-lived official career floundered, he turned to teaching others. Confucius himself never wrote down his own philosophy, although tradition credits him with editing some of the historical classics that were used as texts in his school. He apparently made an enormous impact on the lives and attitudes of his disciples. Confucianism combines ... a Doctrine of political authority from heaven's command: the ruler bears responsibility for the well being of the people and therefore for peace and order in the empire. Confucianism emerged as a more coherent philosophy when faced with intellectual competition from other schools that were growing in the schools that were growing in the fertile social climate of pre-imperial China (400-200 BC). Daoism, Mohism and Legalism all attacked ... about 1949 and the communist era in China, Confucianism was the belief that told the peasants of China that the mandate of heaven said that emperors were to rule the Chinese Empire. Because of this philosophy, westerners often viewed the Chinese lifestyle as odd and referred to the Chinese officials as inscrutable. Word Count: 661
- 275: Feng Shui And Building Structures
- ... on average, and is nearly 4,000 miles long, made entirely of stone blocks. These stone blocks make the wall a completely natural piece of architecture, as well as art. In the center of the philosophy and practice of feng shui, is the belief that the land is very much alive and filled with energy. According to the contours and shapes of the mountains and water, the best energy locations complete ... home will have better 'chi'. Though location and shapes are a vital aspect in constructing a home under the influence of feng shui, color is just as important. In the practice of feng shui, the philosophy of color is an important consideration when painting the interior of a home. Color has a great impact on each individual's c'hi. Each type of room in a house has a certain beneficial ... around feng shui. By creating and decorating a home to fit the ways of feng shui, a person is reassured at least a mediocre life. While the feng shui theories were created in ancient Chinese philosophy, the principals of c'hi are universal. Because of it's success in China, the theories of feng shui have been shared with the outside world and will hopefully be incorporated as a major ...
- 276: Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy
- ... come to us mutilated, misstated, & often unintelligible."(Peterson,1984, 1125) Jefferson also felt that Jesus' followers "...found and interest in sophistication & perverting the simple doctrines he taught...".(Peterson,1984, 1125) Jefferson was a believer in philosophy not religion. He viewed Jesus as the greatest philosopher, and Christianity as that philosophy. That philosophy was on par with Socrates' "good life". Socrates said in Crito "...that not life, but a good a good life, is to be chiefly valued...And a good life is equivalent to a just ...
- 277: Transcendentalism
- ... by himself to his room, but he also needs to get away from society. In order to do this Emerson and Thoreau believed that man should go back to nature. Another major belief in the philosophy of Transcendentalism is the rejection of technology and material items. Emerson and Thoreau believed that man should reject technology for nature, and that man is too caught up in obtaining things that he forgets himself ... Pond. Man usually does what is popular, and that means accepting technology and material items as a part of his life. By accepting it man loses his individuality; he conforms to society. Transcendentalism is a philosophy that believes that man should rely on himself and to be his own individual. It also states that man should get back to nature to find his true self. Rejection of technology and the material ... life with all this technology, it really becomes more difficult to live a nice, simple, peaceful life. While man is focusing on material items, he forgets who he really is, which is a loss. The philosophy of Transcendentalism could add comfort to man’s fast paced life.
- 278: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Comparison
- ... someday, achieve full equality with whites. Malcolm X’s despair about life was reflected in his angry, pessimistic belief that equality is impossible because whites have no moral conscience. King basically adopted on an integrationalist philosophy, whereby he felt that blacks and whites should be united and live together in peace. Malcolm X, however, promoted nationalist and separatist doctrines. For most of his life, he believed that only through revolution and ... X was rebellious and angry. He blamed the poor social conditions that blacks lived in on the whites. “His past ghetto life prepared him to reject nonviolence and integration and to accept a strong separatist philosophy as the basis for black survival,” (Internet, Malcolm X anniversary). He even believed at one time that whites were agents of the devil. He believed that only through violence would conditions change. He saw no ... Malcolm X anniversary). He encouraged blacks to hate white America and to revolt against them. In his speech “God’s Judgement of White America”, delivered on December 1, 1963, Malcolm X again promoted his separatist philosophy. “America must set aside some separate territory here in the Western Hemisphere where the two races can live apart from each other, since we certainly don’t get along peacefully while we are here ...
- 279: Compare And Contrast The Aims
- ... wanted blacks to take control of where they lived, elect black mayors and change the city. This was a marked difference in his aim and it took a long time to change from his integration philosophy, but what he had seen in Chicago had changed him. So much so that he began to be called the "nonviolent Malcolm". However, he had to hide his separatist views due to his white backing ... Unfortunately Malcolm X due to the fact he was murdered so soon a time after moving into the Civil Rights Movement, he hadn't properly defined all his aims nor his methods. With his changing philosophy he began to see that King was actually achieving things. He began to agree with King on the fact that blacks should become more politically active by using the ballot. He also backed King in ... Soul of America; the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King Jr., (1987). David J.Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, (1986). Hanes Walton, The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr., (1971). Harvard Sitkoff, The Struggle for Black Equality; 1954-1992, (New York, 1993). Stephen B. Oates, Let the Trumpet Sound, (1982). Vincent Harding, Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero, ( ...
- 280: Fascism
- ... that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. This right-wing philosophy will even advocate violent action to maintain this loyalty which is held in such high regards. Fascism approaches politics in two central areas, populist and elitist. Populist in that it seeks to activate "the people ... most often one supreme leader called El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized names that go along with Fascism is Italy's Benito Mussolini and Germany's Adolf Hitler. The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason. George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are main philosophers who's ... was in order. Hitler began to organize the SA, his Nazi storm troopers, which in Mein Kampf he referred to as "_an instrument for the conduct and reinforcement of the movement's struggle for its philosophy of life." (The Rise of Hitler: A New Beginning) Realizing the liking of uniforms by the German man the SA adopted a brown-shirt outfit, with boots, swastika armband, badges and caps. The accessories ...
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