status‚ the status of ancestors (Lazzarotti 2014:108)1. As we already mentioned‚ ancestors – as well as ghosts – still share the same living space of their descends. This fact added to the series of Confucian precepts related to the concept of filial piety or 孝xiao leaded Chinese people to the creation of elaborated and important rituals. The goal of these rituals in fact ties together the idea of strengthening
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How would you describe the condition of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Protestant Reformation? In the time right before the reformation‚ there was a mixture of corruption and piety throughout‚ so to say that the whole church was absolutely corrupt or absolutely pious would be an err. We see dramatic events such as feasts‚ pilgrimages‚ high mass and famous preachers were highly sought after‚ but regular devotions and mass were in decline. In the state of the churchmen‚ we can see that
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As Christian soldiers enlisted on both sides‚ they had a bit of a culture shock. Woodworth points out that their letters home revealed fellow soldiers who “cared little for spiritual things – they practiced vulgar obscenity‚ swearing‚ blasphemy‚ drunkenness‚ and frequented saloons and disreputable houses.” Most soldiers‚ Christians or not‚ had felt a call to duty and devotion to their side’s cause. In the North‚ it began as a call to preserve the Union‚ but the Emancipation Proclamation shifted the
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t is my pleasure to welcome you to the academic year that looms before us like one of the mythical lands on Odysseus’s journey: unknown‚ a little scary‚ and full of promise for the intellectual adventurer. This is the seventh year that convocation has included a lecture on Homer’s Odyssey. For parents who read the text over the summer‚ I hope to provide one focus for your conference discussion tomorrow. And as a quick aside: for those of you who haven’t quite finished‚ jump ahead to book XXII and
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Jen is a supreme virtue representing human qualities at their best. In human relations‚ jen is manifested in chung‚ or faithfulness to oneself and others. Other important Confucian virtues include righteousness‚ propriety‚ integrity‚ and filial piety. It is in this light that thoughts of Confucius can so largely affect all facets of life. Confucianism can affect and determine the ethical viewpoints of entire nations. The ideal social structure of East Asia was that of a Confucian hierarchy
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study of the classics new means of dealing with social and personal problems." (Wilcox) For the North‚ there was too much rhetoric that came from the study of the ancients and their discourses. They called for moral reform‚ and their interest in piety extended in how it could be applied to public virtue. The Northern Humanists were in favor of a more scholarly study and use of Latin‚ as opposed to the lower and common Italian Vulgate‚ in use by the Roman Catholic Church. They also were critical
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the truth‚ his impulsive behavior allowed Tartuffe to destroy him. Tartuffe Tartuffe does not show up in person until Act 3. By this point‚ we already know what other characters think of him. He is a hypocrite who disguises himself as a man of great piety. Being very manipulative and unsympathetic‚ Orgon and his mother fall for Tartuffe’s illusion. He also can easily analyze the weaknesses of his victims and then use their flaws for his advantage. His downfall is caused by his lust. Elmire She is a
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History Rewritten The issuing of the Edict of Milan caused monopoly of Christianity with support from the Roman Empire. Before the issuing of the Edict of Milan‚ Christianity was prohibited from the Roman Empire and Christianity was considered as underground religion in that believers could not officially reveal their belief. However‚ the Edict of Milan legitimized religious tolerance toward Christianity. The Roman Empire did not only allowed religious tolerance but the Roman Empire decided to
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Araby by James Joyce James Joyce writes about the realization of reality in "Araby". The story opens with a description of North Richmond Street‚ which if filled with decaying conformity and false piety. The boy’s house contains the same sense of a dead present and a lost past. The former tenant‚ a priest‚ died in the back room of the house‚ and his legacy-several old yellowed books‚ which the boy enjoys leafing through because they are old‚ and a bicycle pump rusting in the back yard-become symbols
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Eric Godfrey 3/20/13 Honorable Women Tokugawa era Japan was a very different period than those before it‚ instead of proving loyalty and honor on the battlefield it was drawn from more diplomatic situations. The Tokugawa period brought with it an era of lasting peace for nearly 250 years‚ and with it came different ways in which to occupy ones self. Many things in society changed including‚ the warring ways of the samurai where honor was drawn from the strength and skill turned into peaceful
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