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- 4561: Confucius
- ... his love? How can he be said to be truly loyal, who refrains from admonishing the objects of his loyalty?"16 Confucius summarizes the art of the ruler as follows: A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labour of the peasantry only at the proper times of ... what is contrary to ritual, and make no movement, which is contrary to ritual.24 Poetry had broader humanistic values for understanding oneself and other people, and even increased one's awareness of the natural world. My children, why do you not study the Book of Poetry? The Odes serve to stimulate the mind. They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation. They teach the art of sociability. They show ... to help people to become good. The propriety, ritual, and the Way to be a Gentleman are just the first step of the Confucius' theory. "Self-improve, unionize family, rule the state, and conquer the world."35 These are the levels a superior man must go through. In order to become the superior man, self-improvement is the fundamental part of the success. Although Confucius might be not a modern ...
- 4562: Reality Is Perception
- ... the person and there senses. Perception of physical objects cannot occur without other objects that allow one to perceive these manifestations in the first place. When a sentient being acknowledges that they "exist in a world of physical objects", they also confirm that their sense perception functions to an extent which allows them to reason, even to a small degree, their physical existence. What is a physical object? Does a physical ... a physical object exist without one being able to confirm its existence? Is the sensory perception of a fly wrong just because it has over a 1000 eyes or is the way humans view the world incorrect because we do not? A blind man can still help a person distinguish a colour because no one perception is ever totally interpreted by only one sensory organ. Many other animals on earth do not just rely on there sight for information about their world. For instance fish in totally dark areas of the ocean have no eyes and yet can still maneuver around in there environment by sensing ripples in their area with special sense organs on their ...
- 4563: Apathy 2
- ... Dole, I think he is making himself look older by speaking about certain issues we (young people) can not relate to. When asked to give an example the student stated, "he made a reference to World War I, I thought he was going to say he fought in that one too!" (www.mtv.com/chooseorlose). While Bob Dole is a isolated instance, many youthful voters feel that there is a ever growing ... are not the only ones who can use a hassle-full life as an excuse not to get involved. There is another major reason that young people feel isolated and set apart from the political world. For those who take the time to educate themselves, and to participate in what activities they can; they soon find that the major candidates have paid little, if any attention to the issues that ...
- 4564: Evolution of Media Violence
- ... and always discreet In the second stage of programming, which was called The Golden Age of Radio, shows were action adventures. Vaudeville-Comedy was also popular. The hard ships of the 1930's and then World War II, made it important for citizens to be able to relax as radio brought popular entertainers and adventure stories into their homes. The third stage of programming lasted from 1945 until the early 1950's ... in television programs, particularly in action-adventure series and cartoons. They feel that viewers, especially children, may learn to see violence as the way to resolve conflicts. Television can influence peoples mental picture of the world. This is especially true for younger viewers who rely heavily on television and other media for their understanding of the world beyond their neighborhoods. Television today is failing to provide a complete, unbiased picture ...
- 4565: The Great Gatsby 4 -
- ... possible, thus deflating our precious American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby, through his scintillating characters and unique style. Characters in books often mirror the author s feelings towards the world around them. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in American history through the interpersonal relationships among his characters. The situations in the lives of the characters show the worthlessness ... everything which is important to Daisy. "..Their love is founded upon feelings from the past, these give it, notwithstanding Gatsby s insistence on being able to repeat the past , an inviolability. It exists in the world of money and corruption but is not of it." (Lewis 48 ) In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the uses of literary technique of symbolism to reflect what life in the 1920 s was ... in the 20 s. They were so extremely wasteful because they assumed with all they had gone through, they deserved to be. After so many years of being unhappy and repressed from, among other things World War I, they thought it was okay to become carefree when indeed it was not. Through Fitzgerald s use of symbolism to describe the costumed characters of the 20 s the reader can learn ...
- 4566: The Great Gatsby 4
- ... possible, thus deflating our precious American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald proves this fact in The Great Gatsby, through his scintillating characters and unique style. Characters in books often mirror the author s feelings towards the world around them. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in American history through the interpersonal relationships among his characters. The situations in the lives of the characters show the worthlessness ... everything which is important to Daisy. "..Their love is founded upon feelings from the past, these give it, notwithstanding Gatsby s insistence on being able to repeat the past , an inviolability. It exists in the world of money and corruption but is not of it." (Lewis 48 ) In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the uses of literary technique of symbolism to reflect what life in the 1920 s was ... in the 20 s. They were so extremely wasteful because they assumed with all they had gone through, they deserved to be. After so many years of being unhappy and repressed from, among other things World War I, they thought it was okay to become carefree when indeed it was not. Through Fitzgerald s use of symbolism to describe the costumed characters of the 20 s the reader can learn ...
- 4567: Transcendentalism: Aphorism
- ... Don't trust with edge tools. Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has, until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell should we make of the world if we could do what we would! Put a button on the foil till the young fencers have learned not to put each other's eyes out. - Emerson - Journals 1832 This aphorism has an extreme ... it can be used incorrectly. Too much power in the wrong hands can reflect evil, and one who find this power can show that. If we were able to do whatever we wanted to, the world would be abolished without question. Man should be trained to use his power wisely before unleashing it's full capabilities. Once we can use our powers the right ways we can respect the power and ... it for our own benefit at other's expense. I have personally known people to have some power in which they use incorrectly in everyday life. These people become weights to society. They affect the world everyday, many of the world's and the Unites States' problems have arised because of these people. Man will always have greed, it is in human nature...man will always be selfish. These traits ...
- 4568: Roberto Baggio
- ... first under 16 national game. On the ninth of January Roberto played his first national juniors game. On the third day in May of 1985 Vicenza sold Roberto to Fiorentina of the serie A. The world famous ponytail was first seen on the pitch in 1987. The following year Roberto really got noticed. With such a great year, he was called up in November 1988 for his first international match. At ... sold Roberto to rivals Juventus of Turin for a then record fee of 17 million dollars. Before Roberto made his first appearance for Juve, he was called to play for the Italian national team in world cup '90 in Italy. Roberto had a great first year in Juventus where he played in 33 matches in the 1990- 91 serie. In that same year his wife gave birth to their first child ... when he got his one hundredth serie A goal vs Genoa in October. Roberto was awarded the Golden Ball trophy as Europe's best player, and the sports writers voted Roberto Best Player in the World. His wife Andreina gave birth to their second child Mattia, in June 1994. Then it was off to USA '94, and Roberto lead the team that was built around him, 'the Azzurri', right to ...
- 4569: Animal Ethics
- ... have no such feeling, including such animals defenders as Singer. Westra goes on to describe how Singer is not only unsympathetic to that of animals with intrinsic value but to those people in the third world. Singer feels that since the people of the third world are so far away that it is not of his concern. Singer wants the suffering of animals to stop because it is not justified, but what makes the suffering of third world countries justified? Because they are further away? Such individualistic approaches will not save the habitat in which the animals live and without that the environment will not survive. Singer is not the only one ...
- 4570: Life Is But A Choice
- ... mind. The key to achieving a healthy mind is to be open minded. Since the day we are born, we are bombarded with information from television, radios, books, magazines, and what we observe personally. The world is filled with a vast amount of information and each individual is responsible for obtaining, understanding, and making value judgments on this information. One must understand the world around him before he can understand himself. Making the choice of obtaining a college education is extremely important in the world today. There are so many different areas which ro choose. Each individual must find where his/her interest lay whether it be janitorial services or a rocket scientist. However, some people choose not to ...
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