idea of living simply‚ living in nature‚ individualism over group‚ and self-reliance. Transcendentalism has affected the lives of many people‚ such as Gandhi‚ a major freedom fighter from India who helped defeat the British army without so much as picking up a weapon. There were many instances in Gandhi’s life that depicted Transcendentalism. Gandhi used to live in a house without his family and without electricity of any kind‚ which shows individualism and simplicity. Also‚ he used to make his own
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Friedrich Nietzsche and Mahatma Gandhi‚ two mammoth political figures of their time‚ attack the current trend of society. Their individual philosophies and concepts suggest a fundamental problem: if civilization is so diseased‚ can we overcome this state of society and the sickness that plagues the minds of the masses in order to advance? Gandhi and Nietzsche attain to answer the same proposition of sickness within civilization‚ and although the topic of unrest among both may be dissimilar‚ they
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Mahatma Gandhi and Maximilien Robespierre were two nationalists that eventually killed because of their beliefs and protests. Although they were similar they had different ways of or methods of protesting. Gandhi used a peaceful non violent method that changed lives for all of the hindus and muslims in india and across the world. He led several protests where he did not strike one hit nor did anyone else‚ this made a statement about him and his protests. When he was killed‚ his killer ended up being
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency‚ British India. He was born in his ancestral home‚ now known as Kirti Mandir. His father‚ Karamchand Gandhi was Hindu Modh Baniya (1822–1885)‚ served as the divan minister) of Porbander state‚ a small princely salute state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi‚ also called Utta Gandhi. His mother‚ Putlibai‚ who was from a Pranami
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find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”- Mahatma Gandhi People are entitled to their own decisions‚ whether they choose to conform or stray away from the crowd that influences each individual in shaping their own sense of identity. People are entitled to their own decisions‚ whether they choose to conform or stray away from the crowd that influences each individual in shaping their own sense of identity. Mahatma Ghandi quotes‚ ‘’the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself
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Sarah Ladis History 2235 1:00 February 21‚ 2014 The biographical film Gandhi‚ directed by Richard Attenborough‚ starts off with a life changing moment in Gandhi’s life when he is thrown off of a South African train for being an Indian in the first class section. It is at that moment when he realizes that the regulations are prejudiced against Indians and in reply‚ he chooses to create a non-violent protest movement for the human rights of Indians in South Africa. Although the ruling classes
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MAHATMA K. GANDHI VERSUS GENGHIS KHAN Emre Can Petek‚ International University of Sarajevo‚ Sarajevo April 9‚ 2013 ABSTRACT There are so many leaders in this world who shaped the destiny and created a new order for their countries. Two of very popular leaders are Mahatma Gandhi(India) and Genghis Khan(Mongolia). This research makes an analysis of these specific leaders‚ with focusing on their skills and how they changed the world‚ the ways they used while they were in charge. This paper will mention
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Feroze‚ was Feroze Khan before he married Indira‚ against Kamala Nehru’s wishes. Feroze’s mother’s family name was Ghandy‚ often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi‚sometime before his wedding with Indira‚ by an affidavit. The fact of the matter is that (and this fact can be found in many writings) Indira was very lonely. Chased out of the Shantiniketan University by Guru Dev Rabindranath himself for misdemeanor‚ the lonely girl was all by herself‚ while father Jawahar was
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At one lime Jawaharlal Nehru remarked that he doubled the clarity of the Mahatma and also his own association with him. Explaining this paradox Nehru writes thus: "Personality is as’ indefinable tiling‚ a strange force that has power over the soul man and he possesses this in a remarkable measure..... He attracted people..... They did not agree with his philosophy of life or even with’ many of his ideals... and we went with him although we did not accept his philosophy." What gave this enormous spell
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March from March 12th-April 5th (From Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi) Mahatma (Great Soul) Gandhi (1869-1948) He’s considered to be the father of his country. He was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule. He’s internationally esteemed for his doctrine of non-violence to achieve political and social progress. The Indian people had disliked British rule since the 10th centenary. There were campaigns of civil disobedience and non-cooperation with
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