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- 17681: Taoism
- ... great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other religion native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C.E. China's third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years (Hartz 3 ... harmonious life. It is only when a person rids himself of all desires can tao be achieved. By shunning every earthly distraction, the Taoist is able to concentrate on life itself. The longer the person's life, the more saintly the person is presumed to have become. Eventually the hope is to become immortal, to achieve tao, to have reached the deeper life. This is the after life for a Taoist ... of the word tao must be understood. The Chinese character for tao is a combination of two characters that represent the words head and foot. The character for foot represents the idea of a person's direction or path. The character for head represents the idea of conscious choice. The character for head also suggests a beginning, and foot, an ending. Thus the character for tao also conveys the continuing ...
- 17682: Aristotle
- ... in a small town near Athens, Greece. He went to school and studied under the teachings of Plato. He became a great thinker and opened his own school which was a large competition for Plato's school. One of the major philosophies in which Aristotle became known for is his in-depth study of the aspects of good and evil. Aristotle said that a man is not good if he shows ... that a person is good if his or her behavior is in accordance with what human nature was designed for. He says that being good should be the function of man. This means that man's end or purpose is what is good, but it is not the chief good, only a step towards it. A man, by being good achieves happiness, which is the chief good of man. Aristotle also says that happiness can be another name for good though. He states, "...happiness is the fulfillment of our distinctive function...". So it can be concluded that a lifestyle of good leads to man's ultimate goal of happiness. In other instances, Aristotle states that the principle of being good is embedded in everyone. It is man's nature to have the knowledge of good and evil. He gives ...
- 17683: The Awakening 3
- ... life? What are we all reaching for? Many have pondered on this subject and have come to one conclusion happiness. However, it is our choice whether to reach this state or not. In Kate Chopin s work, The Awakening, the main character, Edna, made her choice. She chose to be a slave to the world. She chose to live in the shadow of her husband. She chose to give into her ... one can see, sacrificing oneself for the good of another inhibits one from attaining true happiness. Many philosophers have dealt with the question of whether to live a life of servitude or to pursue one s greater happiness. Immanuel Kant stipulates that the more people cultivate their reason, the less likely they are to find happiness. He states that everyone is/should be aware of his/her duty, or how one ... invests so much time into duty and responsibility that she loses any happiness that she hoped to achieve. She was not aware of her responsibility as a human being. She was not aware of one s rational powers in the exercise of moral duty. Edna knew she was not happy living as a puppet. She wanted a change. With time, Kant noted, the person who devotes their life to reason ...
- 17684: Billy Budd 2
- ... chapter is the most important of all, because it revels the unseen traits of each man. John Claggart represents the epitome of demon-haunted man. In chapter twenty, Melville carefully describes the change in Claggart s twisted figure as he speaks to Billy with a hypnotic stare of his charge against the handsome sailor. His image initially was of a serpent fascination, however; his facial expression corrodes as he reveals his ... into a non-human being, an alien eyes of an uncatalogued creature. Furthermore, as opposed to his initial image, Melville compares the man to a hungry lurch of the torpedo-fish. Melville deliberately transforms Claggart s demonic trait to a more extreme level. Billy Budd plays a role of a good-hearted and simple peacemaker. His winsome looks and innocent nature wins the loyalty of many sailors except for John Claggart. During Billy s brief moment of his stay in Captain Vere s cabin, one can see that his angelic image morphs into an image of a deadly creature. When John Claggart shocks Billy with the accusation of ...
- 17685: Antiheroism In Hamlet
- Antiheroism has always been an interesting aspect of a character that authors have chosen to illustrate. In literature, there has been countless antiheroic characters, from Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast, to others as famous as Robin Hood and ... By literary definition, an antihero is the "hero" of the play or novel, but has negative attributes which separate ... of coarse language, or self serving interests which may inadvertently depict the protagonist as a hero since the result of serving those interests may be the betterment of society or an environment. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, is depicted as an antihero. One main factor which gives Hamlet such a label is that he draws sympathy, as well as admiration, from the reader since Hamlet feels the pain of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a ...
- 17686: Oliver Twist 2
- ... at heart surrounded by the filth of the London streets. Filth that Dickens himself was forced to deal with in his everyday life. But through morals and mere chance Oliver becomes a living symbol. It¹s probable that the reason Oliver Twist contains so much fear and agony is because it¹s a reflection of occurrences in Charles Dickens' past. During his childhood, Charles Dickens suffered much abuse from his parents. This abuse is often expressed in his novel. While at the orphanage, Oliver experienced a great ... of time, Oliver was chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner one night. After making this simple request, the master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from memories which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in ...
- 17687: Orthello As A Satistic Figure
- Appearance and Deception, Iago as a Satan Figure The play Othello by William Shakespeare we encounter Iago, one of Shakespeare's most evil characters. Iago is an ensign in Othello's army and is jealous of Cassio's promotion to Lieutenant. Through deception and appearance, we see unfolded a plethora of lies and clever schemes. The astonishing thing about Iago is that he seems to make up his malicious schemes as he ...
- 17688: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- In Thomas’ "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," he depicts the inevitability of death through repetition and diction. Furthermore, he portrays the stages of man’s life in his comparison to "good men, "wild men," and grave men." Finally, Thomas’ medium of poetic expression presents itself in the villanelle. The villanelle’s persona speaks in this poem as the son of a dying father. Line sixteen states "And you, my father,…" and this proves the speaker’s persona. The old man, at his deathbed, receives encouragement with pleads from his son to hold on to life. In the last stanza, the son as well as the father accepts death as merely ...
- 17689: A Brief History of Clocks: From Thales to Ptolemy
- ... the anaphoric clock preceded the development of the astrolabe. The earliest example, in western culture, of a celestial sphere is attributed to the presocratic philosopher Thales. Unfortunately, little is known about Thales’ sphere beyond Cicero’s description in the De re publica: For Gallus told us that the other kind of celestial globe, which was solid and contained no hollow space, was a very early invention, the first one of that ... helpful for understanding the basic form of Thales’ sphere, and for pinpointing its creation at a specific point in time. However, it is clearly a simplification of events that occurred several hundred years before Cicero’s lifetime. Why would Thales’ create a spherical representation of the heavens and neglect to indicate the stars? Of what use is a bowling ball for locating celestial bodies? Considering Eudoxus’ preoccupation with systems of concentric ... the intersection of the ecliptic with the celestial equator in the constellation of Ares, and completed a 360deg. circle around the circumference of the celestial sphere. The Greeks used the ecliptical to measure a star’s horizontal, angular displacement from the vernal equinox. Vertical, angular displacement was measured by constructing a graduated circle perpendicular to the ecliptical. If you are completely confused by my written description, take a look at ...
- 17690: Misunderstanding Men And Women
- ... have consensus decision-making. Each person takes responsibility for making sure that everything is shared equally. Women are capable of working well together without rules or establishing a hierarchy. When working with men, a woman’s femininity works against her, because the business world operates by masculine principles: competition constrained by rules. Through the years, science has developed models for the relationships between men and women, more specifically, the power and ... Men and women in love relationships have complementary power traits that are a large part of what attracts women to men and men to women. Love relationships bring out the power aspects of a man’s masculinity and a woman’s femininity. A woman wants her man to take responsibility for her and he can best show his love for her by accepting this responsibility. Likewise, a man wants to take responsibility for his woman ...
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