Exploring The Ideas of Philosophy and Freedom The following essay introduces the text Encouraging Learning‚ by Hsun Tzu‚ and the text Learning to Read‚ by Frederick Douglas. Their work has significance both in the connection between philosophy‚ and the linkage between knowledge and freedom‚ as well as mentions the importance of education and how it can influence and shape an individual’s state of mind. They are both meticulous writers and are highly skilled in education. It is important to note that
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Exploring The Ideas of Philosophy and Freedom The following essay first introduces the texts Encouraging Learning‚ by Hsun Tzu‚ and the text Learning to Read by Frederick Douglas. Their work has significance both in the connection between philosophy‚ and the linkage between knowledge and freedom‚ as well as mentions the importance of education and how it can influence and shape an individual’s state of mind. It is important to note that these texts also introduce us to the eight elements of critical
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Mencius and Human Nature The way we think‚ act or feel seems to just happen naturally for us. Although we do not all think‚ act‚ and fell the same at the exact same time everyone has shared thoughts‚ feelings or actions at some point in time. These ways of thinking‚ acting‚ and feeling that are common to most people we define as human nature. Some believe these fundamental traits cannot be changed for better or for worse. Our author‚ Mencius‚ claims that human nature is a good thing. In our text
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In Hsun Tzu’s “Encouraging Learning”‚ Tzu constantly regarded how education makes one complete. His knowledge on how to achieve completeness is through hard work with good morals. “Learning should never cease” (Tzu 544) is a quote Tzu used constantly and believed it is something people should live by. Tzu believes that there are three stages of learning that people should live by. The first stage is the scholar. The first stage is “the man of breeding” someone who is just beginning to learn‚ someone
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Response – Mencius Throughout Mencius‚ there is continual debate amongst the people regarding human nature; is it‚ by nature‚ good or bad? Every option is discussed by Mencius himself‚ ranging from whether all are born good‚ born evil‚ born with both or born with neither. Overall‚ Mencius succeeds in his description of all possibilities of whether human nature is good or bad. The main permutation discussed by Mencius is that all humans are born good. In Book 2‚ Part A‚ Section 6‚ Mencius describes
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View Of Human Nature Humans are born basically good. It is Karen Horney’s view that “people are essentially good” but in my personal opinion‚ I think that humans are in the borderline of it. Tendencies of them being good or evil or just depends. But if you were to ask me and am only allowed to choose between the two‚ I think I’ll be siding on that people are basically evil meaning here that I will be contradicting on Karen Horney statement. I’ll be talking about why I think humans are basically
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Human Nature: Western vs. Eastern Views Within the western view of human nature‚ it emphasizes that humans are made in the image of God. It is mostly composed within Judeo-Christian tradition. This view looks at human nature to be loving‚ rational‚ and relational to God. The way the western view decides good or evil depends on actions and choices. Good expresses life‚ charity‚ happiness‚ and love. Evil would consist of discrimination‚ humiliation‚ destructiveness‚ and so on. Society would be
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What is the Realist view of Human Nature? It is important to firstly understand all the terms present in this question. Firstly‚ “realist” when a realist is to be defined in international relations we are mainly dealing with someone who advocates for the theory of realism. More over it important to note there are different kinds of realists‚ but they all generally constitute the main idea of realism which is 4 different kinds of realists which are the following: classical realists‚ liberal realists
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Machiavelli’s View on Human Nature The author‚ Niccoló Machiavelli‚ is different from other humanists in his time‚ because his view on the nature of man contradicts what most humanists believed. Humanists of that time believed that individuals played an important role to the well-being of the state‚ and that “… they also believed in classicism’s basic tenet that human nature is inherently rational and good” (Western Humanities‚ pg. 343). Machiavelli‚ however‚ had a negative view on human nature and made
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disaster‚ people’s true human nature emerges. Unlike the view of Gandhi‚ in these moments humans behave violently and are concerned with self-interest‚ supporting the Athenian’s view of human motivation. In the History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides gives ample support of this view of human nature. Generally regarded as one of the first true historians‚ he wanted to view the world as it really was and firmly insisted on sticking to the facts. Thucydides subjected human nature to an extremely cold
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