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    Tradition of the Dynasties After feasting and much noodle-slurping‚ the birthday grab begins. The tradition of the birthday grab comes from dynastic times. On the first birthday‚ a set of items are placed before the birthday child so that the child may pick whatever he or she fancies. Whatever item the child picks and successfully gives to his or her parents may be an indication of the child’s future career. I have just read you an interesting example of some Chinese rites of passage traditions

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    Sharapanjara Sharapanjara is a Kannada film released in the year 1971. It was directed by Puttanna Kanagal‚ who was known for his women-centric films. The film met with a huge box office success and it garnered immense popularity throughout Karnataka. The film was about a woman who suffers from hysteria and the reaction of her family and society towards her condition. The film effectively portrays the failure of the Indian society to understand what a mental illness is. The woman even after she

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    Understanding through The arts Leonardo Z. Legaspi. O. P. * Discussion of the type (Non-fiction) Essay – it explains the impression or point of view of the author. Formal Essay – it has a serious and important topic. This essay (Understanding through the arts) is the foreword to a special issue of Unitas‚ a U.S.T. journal dealing with the subject of the search for national identity through the arts. * Explanation or synopsis We are today going through a crucial but exciting

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    Western Philosophy

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    Historical Developments Schools Of Thought Key Contributors Principal Issues Eastern Eastern philosophy includes the various philosophies of ancient China and India‚ but can also include Islamic‚ Jewish‚ and Persian philosophies Frederick Streng: ways of defining religion. Mary Daly: religion reflects patriarchy The problem of evil Arguments of god Faith and resounding Saint Anselm

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    the same passion with the ancients‚ and therefore inevitably go to the same result. So it’s very important for military professionals to study various military theorists’ ideology to learn lessons from past and make assessment for future. In this paper I’ll make comparison between the Western reputed theorist Carl von Clausewitz who and the Eastern prominent theorist Sun Tzu. Even though Sun Tzu’s book “The Art of

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    HISTORY Asian and American cultures are as different as black (yin) and white (yang)‚ or east and west. While American culture is relatively new‚ in terms of history‚ the Asian culture is one of the world’s oldest‚ with its earliest origins believed to be Sumer‚ located near the Persian Gulf‚ in approximately 3500 B.C. China is believed to be the world’s oldest existing civilization‚ beginning with the Shang Dynasty in around 1500 B.C. (Chan‚ 1991). RELIGION While there are two religions prevalent

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    BS Architecture Olanio‚ Marc Q. BS Architecture Branches of Philosophy Main branches of philosophy Traditionally‚ there are five main branches of philosophy. They are: Metaphysics‚ which deals with the fundamental questions of reality. Epistemology‚ which deals with our concept of knowledge‚ how we learn and what we can know. Logic‚ which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation Ethics‚ or moral philosophy‚ which is concerned with human values and how individuals should act

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    essay is to critically evaluate platos justification of rule by philosopher kings. First the essay will try and stress how plato understood the way the state has to be governed in conjunction with philosophy. In Platos most famous work Republic he puts forward the view that only the study of philosophy would allow man to see what was good and just. Therefore to cure the ills of society it would be necessary to either make kings philosophers or make philosophers kings. I intend to show how Plato justifies

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    Branches of Philosophy 1. Logic Logic is the science and art of correct thinking. It attempts to codify the rules of rational thought. Logicians explore the structure of arguments that preserve truth or allow the optimal extraction of knowledge from evidence. Logic is one of the primary tools philosophers use in their inquiries; the precision of logic helps them to cope with the subtlety of philosophical problems and the often misleading nature of conversational language. 2. Ethics Ethics is

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    Life Philosophy

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    Life Philosophy The meaning of life is to give life meaning Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Life Philosophy of John Wooden Even a fool knows you can’t reach the stars‚ but that doesn’t stop a wise man from trying. "You can’t make someone Else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours." Life Philosophy of Gen. Colin Powell Man is not the creature of circumstances‚ circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents‚ and man is more powerful

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