TERM PAPER ON “THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY” SUBMITTED TO: MANZOOR ELAHEE PROFESSOR DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED BY: TASHBIA AFRIN CHOWDHURY ID: 2010020200046 BATCH: 15‚ SECTION: B DEPT. OF ENGLISH SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY DATE OF SUBMISSION: 04-05-2013 To most of us living in India‚ China is some sort of an enigma. On one hand we are told that India exported its culture and philosophy
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Human beings are superstitious. We all believe in certain things that do no have logical explanations. This is especially true in this multi-racial country of ours. Each community has its own pet beliefs. However there are certain beliefs. So this study will seek about some of the myths‚ beliefs and superstition in Maldives Society. Maldives has its own set of folklore both real and fantasy. Folklore started with the defining characteristics of the island life; the interaction of nature with human
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Both Rambam and Ramban lived similar lives. While today they are prized for their Jewish commentary as scholars‚ they both needed to hide their Jewish practices. In turn‚ they needed a legitimate source of income and adapted to secular practices. Coincidentally‚ they used their innate intelligence to become physicians‚ allowing them to accumulate a source of income and secular reputation. However‚ Ramban spoke out to defend the Jews openly‚ while Rambam stayed silent and fled from Spain instead;
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The Limits of Rationalism……………………………………………………………………… 2 3.2: The Religious Issue……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 4: Historical Synopsis…………………………………………………………………………………… 3 4.1: Ancient Greek Era………………………………………………………………………………… 4 4.2: Medieval Mysticism…………………………………………………………………………….. 4 4.3: Modern Era…………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 4.4: The Historical Culmination of Irrationalism………………………………………….. 5 4.5: The Twentieth Century………………………………………………………………………… 6 5: Critical Evaluation……………………………………………………………………………………
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To be born a unique being‚ one with the freedom of will‚ one with the ability to form independent beliefs and mindsets- to be human. The most honored of all creation‚ yet the most rebellious. As human life is deprecated in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ the human life is equated to nothing more than the dirt from which it came. Huxley parallels himself‚ an aristocratic pedigree‚ to the upper class inhabitants of the brave new world that sought the meaning of human life above the accepted pretense
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area to those such as nature and religion which represented order and illogical thought. Religion was a unifying aspect for romantics and a force of law. History showed the peace and glory of ages past‚ while nature took tranquility‚ power‚ and mysticism to light. Romantics found peace in these areas and used them to escape their own
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Winston looks up at a portrait of Big Brother and thinks‚ “White always mates‚ he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always‚ without exception‚ it is so arranged.(Orwell. 289) Winston is saying that the white chess pieces always win‚ and the white pieces represent the party. No rebellion effort had ever been able to defeat the party‚ they always win. By saying
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earned his degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge‚ qualified as a barrister in London‚ and received a doctorate from the University of Munich. His thesis‚ The Development of Metaphysics in Persia‚ revealed some aspects of Islāmic mysticism formerly unknown in Europe. On his return from Europe‚ he gained his livelihood by the practice of law‚ but his fame came from his Persian- and Urdu-language poetry‚ which was written in the classical style for public recitation. Through poetic
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crucial elements of magical realism. It deals with fables and folklores of the contemporary world. Brida is the story of a girl‚ who sets her journey from Dublin in search of her true self. Paulo Coelho‚ a talented novelist of Magical Realism‚ handles mysticism‚ supernaturalism and spirituality very skilfully in Brida. Magical Realism occurs in Brida when she continues to be alive beyond the normal length of her life and Paulo Coelho tactfully portrayed‚ by Brida being present throughout many generations
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Theories as Metaphors Root metaphor According to Stephen Pepper(1942)‚ provides a model for understanding phenomena‚ and it is often unconscious. He had six world views 1. Animism – characteristics of a human or a spirit 2. Mysticism – knowledge is acquired through revelation of experience 3. Formism – forms exist in nature 4. Mechanism – forces are transmitted to produce effects 5. Organicism – stages of development 6. Contextualism – situations changes as events unfold
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