Therefore in this topic I think I can combine cuisine and literature in a familiar way. The first chapter in my paper is Lun Yu‚ or Edited Conversations of Confucius. As we all know‚ Confucius (551–479 BCE) was a Chinese teacher‚ editor‚ politician‚ and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality‚ correctness of social relationships‚ justice and sincerity. The second chapter is about novels. I want to talk
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It is very important to keep your staff motivated. There are various ways of doing this‚ but sometimes a simple quote posted on the board or talked about at line ups can help. Below is a list of quotes that I like. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started” Mark Twain “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence‚ then‚ is not an act‚ but a habit.” Aristotle “It is hard to fail‚ but it worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man
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dealing with punishment or justice. When people trust their government to provide fairness and security though legal and political processes and actions‚ than those people and their nation will be strong – economically‚ culturally‚ etc…. Also‚ Han Fei Tzu (3) comments that the law applies to each and every individual and doesn’t deter due to social classes or ranks. When man obtains a high social class he or she can become arrogant‚ in a manner that they think they are better than the lower social classes
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Estela Garcia June 10‚ 2014 PHI 2010 Module 3: Chapter 13 & 15. 1. Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma‚ samsara‚ and Nirvana. - Karma‚ samsara and nirvana fall under the religion of Hinduism. When all of our actions bring consequences‚ either in this life or the next is referred as karma. Samsara means the cycle of birth and death. Us humans are basically good‚ but are caught up in a cycle of pure desire and also of suffering that is a direct result of ignorance and of the
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Differences between the philosophies of the east and west Western philosophy has its roots in Athens‚ Rome and JudeoChristianity while Eastern philosophy is derived from Confucianism‚ Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism. As Greek and Latin are to Western civilisation‚ so classical Chinese is to East Asian civilisation. I will focus on four major differences between Eastern and Western philosophies. 1. Western Individualism and Eastern Collectivism In the Greco‑Roman tradition‚ the image of Prometheus
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The differences between Classical Athens and Han China were major and distinctive. The background information‚ government‚ values of the individual‚ and art of each society show how differently each empire developed. Within the background information of both Athens and Han China you can automatically notice evident differences between the two. The first document shows the maps of both empires side by side. The Han Empire is isolated and much bigger than Athens’s city-state Attica‚ which is a mere
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Feminism and female image in The Grandmaster The Grandmaster: An analysis of the characterization of Gong Er Abstract China has produced many classical movies‚ including a great percent of the movies in which the female is leading character. Through the colorful images‚ we may realize clearly how the Chinese feminine survival condition is‚ the words hegemony and the male-power- centre they encounters in the society‚ as well as the difficulties that they are seeking independent life for themselves
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Mythology is a collection of myths or the study of ancient traditional stories of gods or heroes‚ giving an explanation to an unexplained event. For Plato‚ the fist known user of the term‚ muthologia meant know more than the telling of stories (Kirk 8). Mythology is an important aspect to the world‚ today. Through the study of myths help us develop an idea of what the cultures were like. It includes hints that exhibit how they lived their lives. Myth is its serious purpose and its importance to
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Review Questions for the Mid-Term Exam (9th March 2015) I. Review questions for short-answer questions 1. Briefly characterize the following terms: a. Hexagram-The I Ching book consists of 64 hexagrams.[2] [3] A hexagram is a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines (爻 yáo)‚ where each line is either Yang (an unbroken‚ or solid line)‚ or Yin (broken‚ an open line with a gap in the center). The hexagram lines are traditionally counted from the bottom up‚ so the lowest line is considered line
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The Industrial Revolution was the major technological‚ socioeconomic and cultural change in late 18th and early 19th century that began in Britain and spread throughout the world. During that time‚ an economy based on manual labour was replaced by one dominated by industry and the manufacture of machinery. It began with the mechanisation of the textile industries and the development of iron-making techniques‚ and trade expansion was enabled by the introduction of canals‚ improved roads and then
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