can give out. Presidents will explain what they would do if war was to happen. Leaders should not want war like Machiavelli did and think more about peace about like Lao-Tzu. Lao-Tzu believes that war‚ violence‚ and weapons are not the answer. He states that “weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them”(Lao-tzu 19). He is trying to say that if one is a good man‚ one will not make themselves comfortable around weapons. He believes that if a person likes or be ok with war and weapons
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As we continue to discover and invent new technologies and sciences‚ people have progressively become mentally confined and have lost the ability to individually think and analyze. A particularly deleterious trend that has been plaguing our society is the decline of questioning and analysis of our world – what we hear‚ what we see‚ what we learn‚ etc. The American populace is thinking and analyzing less; they are now used to having the media feed them not only current information and news‚ but also
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teaches that people have certain responsibilities; however‚ they teach different types of responsibility. Kungfuzi‚ or Confucius‚ argues that every person has a responsibility placed on his shoulders to help improve society in the here and now. While Lao Tzu‚ the originator of Daoism‚ believes that each person has a responsibility‚ he believes that that responsibility is in regards to oneself rather than society. He believes that a person must work within themselves to reach peace with their Selves and
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China’s Festivals Xinhuanet 2003-02-26 17:46:56 Spring Festival | Lantern Festival | Qingming | Lantern Festival | Mid-Autumn Festival | National Day | Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the Winter Sacrifice. It was a custom practiced by the people of primitive society. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year‚so the first meal is
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Tao-te Ching and the Chuang-tzu. The Tao-te Ching (or Dao De Jing) is the most significant text and is the heart of religious and philosophical Taoism. This text is credited to Lao Tzu‚ more commonly known as Master Lao. It was written in 5th century BCE and is 5‚000 Chinese characters long. The Tao-te Chings’s 81 brief sections are brilliantly constructed. They are poetic‚ practical‚ and mystical. The Tao-te Ching serves as a set of guidelines to live by. The Chuang-tzu is named after its author
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Oliver Konteh Perspectives on Human Nature Prof. Kurt Frey Nature vs Nurture For the past five weeks we have studied three different but influential people in our perspective on human nature class. They are Freud‚ Plato and Tzu. The main discussion between all of them is nature versus nurture. I will discuss the difference between nature and nurture and then I’ll apply to each of these philosophers and how they react to it. When looked up in the dictionary the term nature means the
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Relgst 0525 (Hist 0475): Religion & Culture in East Asia Class Notes January 7‚ 2014 Zeno’s “Paradox” Paradox of the arrow If an archer puts force on an arrow towards a target‚ one can see the archer touching the target. The problem according to Zeno is that the arrow does not hit the target. It is impossible. The arrow cannot hit the target. Cause (beginning‚ starts) – space/time (gravity) – > effect (end‚ finish) Four nouns: Body‚ bow‚ arrow‚ target Einstein: At some point in time and space
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[Comparison of Eastern and Western Philosophers ] Comparison of Eastern and Western Philosophers I will compare the Western philosopher Socrates to the Eastern philosopher Lao Tzu. These two philosophers had some things in common with their ideas and philosophies that they pursued. Socrates was a western philosopher that lived in Athens Greece and Lao was thought to be from what is now known as the Hunan province of China. Socrates Socrates lived in Athens which was a city that
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Building balanced scorecard with SWOT analysis‚ and implementing ``Sun Tzu ’s The Art of Business Management Strategies ’ ’ on QFD methodology S.F. Lee Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education‚ Vocational Training Council‚ Hong Kong‚ China Andrew Sai On Ko International Management Centre‚ Oxford Brookes‚ UK Keywords SWOT analysis‚ Balanced scorecard‚ Quality function deployment‚ Stategy‚ Strategic planning‚ Total quality management Abstract Conjoining the SWOT matrix with
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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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