While I may not hold leadership positions that have a “President” or “VP” title in front of them‚ I am a leader by being a follower. Lao-Tzu wrote in the 5th century BC‚ “to lead people‚ walk behind them”. Leadership is not a title‚ but the actions that a person takes. I strive to serve others through every action I take. When you lead by example‚ others will follow. I work to make sure that my actions and decisions are examples in my organizations and communities. By following practices of servant
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level of understanding life as we have mentioned before; in this essay though we have decided to focus on two very influential readings in the prism of literature. The first one being that by Confucius entitled Analects and the second reading by Machiavelli entitled The Prince. We will be trying to compare the two authors based on different themes and concepts; but before doing that we must acquire a certain level of background about both the two authors and the two readings. The Analects of Confucius
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Lao-Tzu - Journal The concepts and ideas of the Tao-Te Ching may be a hard to grasp at first‚ but that is partially the point. For “The tao that can be told‚ is not the eternal Tao (Verse 1). Those who think they know everything‚ do not. It does not help to know the Tao‚ it just is. To think like Lao-Tzu‚ a person must let go of everything they think they know. Today‚ this is a very difficult task for most because there is so much a person stands for and believes in. However‚ The Tao-Te Ching
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stillness and non-action. This idea is discussed in Dao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. Taoism achieves attentions and significance from philosophers and literature scholars as Taoism gets interpreted in many different ways. As a companion of Dao Te Ching‚ The book of Chuang Tzu is the second most influential and popular literature that concerns with the interpretation and application of Taoism. Different from Tao Te Ching‚ The Book of Chuang Tzu elaborates on Taoism with philosophical fantasy narratives and poetries
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” (Lao Tzu Quote." BrainyQuote. Xplore‚ n.d. Web. 03 Sept. 2016.) Lao Tzu is letting us know that life is eccentric that there are numerous progressions out there and that we ought to acknowledge them and live peacefully with it. Living in a universe of oblivious euphoria sounds less demanding‚ in spite of the fact
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Lao-tzu Believed in Tao Te Ching: The way things are The Tao is the way‚ law‚ principle. Essence‚ balance of nature 1. The Tao escapes precise definition 2. Tao is intangible‚ it’s energy 3. Tao is powerful‚ humans are weak 4. Radical Naturalism Tao is a force of nature not a force of spirit * Art over science art is wiser‚ deeper * Intuition over logic * Nature over society. Social Pessimism (Escapism) Every society is corrupted bureaucracy society restricts
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who run the government. Lao-Tzu discusses in Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching how the government should handle its people. In today’s society the government is expected to define right and wrong and punish the law breakers‚ who may not share the same morals as the government. These people who break laws may have thought that what they were doing was correct. Lau Tzu would not do this. He does not define morals. Lou Tzu would rather not have morals at all. According to Lao-Tzu people should left to make
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The genre of a text can make an immense impact on the way one reads and interprets a novel. I will be focusing on the text Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu and Plato’s Five Dialogues. Both of these readings are written quite differently. Tao Te Ching is written as a poem and has more of a self-interpretative aspect to it. On the other hand‚ Plato’s Five Dialogues is written in an essay format‚ using dialogue. I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these writing styles and the interpretive challenges
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Per Lao-Tzu’s “wu wei” if you can master the art of doing nothing‚ then you can achieve anything you desire. As perplexing and difficult as it may seem to comprehend‚ Lao-Tzu’s “wu wei” didn’t exactly mean to literally do nothing‚ but rather let nature take course. Act on what nature entails relatively than what you desire. When you do more‚ you attain less so mastering the art of doing less you achieve more‚ one of the major ways to learn how to achieve more is to stop worrying‚ learning to accept
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They also have a paralleled use of trade through exchange of commodity and things of value in their separate societies. Medici and Machiavelli are people who influenced their country in their time. Things for survival like maize‚ are what made major changes in America and affected their trade. The time of the Italian Renaissance and tribal America both featured pioneering. Italy explored
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