July 25‚ 2011 2nd Reflective essay In what ways did Sophocles in Philoctetes‚ Confucians‚ and Taoists deal with the questions of individualism and respect for authority? In Philoctetes‚ Sophocles deals with individualism in two ways from two different characters. The king Odysseus shows his individualism by becoming conniving and deceitful. That is not honorable conduct for a Greek. His actions are definitely not appropriate for a Greek King. He is showing that he will do anything in order
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East Asian religions‚ also known as Taoist religions‚ refer to the religions and philosophies that are dominant in the Chinese‚ Korean‚ Japanese‚ and Vietnamese regions and any other places near them. Taoism is the root of all these religions‚ teaching that nature is the greatest teacher and that everything has a flow and a way. Confucianism teaches that without education and social order there can be no religion‚ and the act of learning is the religious experience. Buddhism taught that craving‚
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Essay What is an endeavor? That is the question that filled my mind before writing this essay. Of course‚ like any responsible student‚ I resorted to the dictionary. There were many definitions to the word‚ but the basic idea of an endeavor is to carry out an act with the purpose of fulfilling a goal. I was hoping this would make it easier for me to write this essay; and it did‚ sort of. When thinking of significant endeavors‚ acts such as forming a club‚ starting a magazine‚ and organizing a
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The founder of this way of life was Lao Tzu. The story of Lao Tzu is that he wandered out to the western border of his state‚ riding his water buffalo. He searched for a place to live a simple life‚ close to nature and without trouble. With him‚ he carried his ideas. No one ever heard of him again. But
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|China | |Historical figures |originated in neolothic period from |Gautama Buddha was the founder in |Founded by Confucius in 551 BC during Zhou | Founded by Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) | |and events |Vedas(170-1100BC).It is an Evolved religion. |563BC.Spread
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The Ideal Person According to Confucius April 27th‚ 2011 There are several things that Confucius taught‚ but the most important thing of them all was what the ideal person should be. Confucius’ philosophies‚ which were implemented and stated in his teachings; was that the ideal person was one of good moral character. Confucius believed that this was the foundation for his other beliefs. He also believed that the ideal person was also to have the profound respect for worship and sincerely
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In the book‚ Sun Tzu believes that one should not reveal his true strength and keep it as a leverage to surprise the enemy. For example‚ if one has a strong army or a strong weapon‚ instead of displaying it to the enemy explicitly‚ one should strive to conceive it. Sun Tzu believes that this could lead the enemy to misjudge the situation. As a result‚ the enemy often becomes over-confident‚ makes
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Introduction: Kagan‚ the author of Living in the Face of Death‚ argues that facts about death have an impact on the way that individuals live their lives. She commences by discussing the three different reactions that people have when they are confronted with the topic of death: denial‚ being responsive‚ or disregarding them. According to Kagan‚ people in denial believe that death is not the end of their existence. In regards to responding to a set of facts‚ individuals accept the fact that death
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In “Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching” Lao- Tzu has an anti-materialistic view point. He believes that possessions and wealth are leaden weights of the soul; they are meaningless and trivial. Any truly free and enlightened person will regard them as evil. (22) Being in a state of true enlightenment means not being overly concerned with possessions and learning to be completely satisfied with the items you do possess which are within your means. The advertisers in this commercial use one rhetorical
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million people died. Also in a war‚ the country has to spend a lot of money. It needs to provide weapons like tanks missiles etc.‚ and it needs as many troops as possible. As Chinese strategist Tzu Sun said‚ "Where the army is‚ prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted" (Tzu Sun‚ c.400 BCE). For the citizens this is very disappointing because all this money would eventually come from raised taxes and instead this could be spent on poor and uneducated people. As I said
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