Reading Questions for Howard Zinn’s Chapter 8 “We Take Nothing by Conquest‚ Thank God” A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to the Present. Prompt/Question: Given your exposure to Zinn and your knowledge of the conquest of Mexico’s northern territories during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848‚ analyze the events that led to the war‚ the war itself‚ and the negotiation of peace resulting in the loss of territory by one as the gain for the other‚ and then evaluate to what extent
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University of Phoenix Material Reflections on the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) Worksheet Read and reflect on the following passages. In the Comments column‚ comment on what the passage meant to you. Use your own experiences as examples to explain the passages. |Passage |Comments | | |Guarding your thoughts
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again. But before he could cross the border‚ officials made him write down his ideas: "Live a simple life‚ be free‚ be yourself‚ and be close to nature. Do these things and you will be wise and happy." These words have been kept in a little book called Tao Te
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Christianity Christianity (from the Ancient Greek: Χριστιανός Christianos[1] and the Latin suffix -itas) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion[2] based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings.[3] It also considers the Hebrew Bible‚ which is known as the Old Testament‚ to be canonical. Adherents of the Christian faith are known as Christians.[1] The mainstream Christian belief is that Jesus is the Son of God‚ fully divine and fully
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On the other hand‚ Taoism places much more focus on the relationship of the individual with himself‚ on achieving an inner harmony. Taoism is much less earthly in nature and places importance on "coming into harmony" with the Tao - the ultimate reality that formed the universe and everything around us. To simplify‚ while they both dwell on the improvement of the individual‚ Confucianism looks outward to accomplish this‚ while Taoism looks inward. Another area where the two
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principle of the universe was the tao‚ "the way‚" and it determined the proper proportions of yin and yang in everything. Anything that altered the natural relation of yin to yang was considered bad‚ and right living consisted of carefully following the tao. If one observed the tao by moderation‚ equanimity‚ and morality‚ as taught in the Tao-te Ching‚ by Lao-tzu (sixth century B.C.)‚ one would be impervious to disease and resistant to the ravages of aging; disregard of the tao led to illness‚ which was
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Beginnings and History The history of Daoism can befittingly be separated into four periods: Proto-Daoism‚ Classical Daoism‚ Modern Daoism and Contemporary Daoism. The first period‚ Proto-Daoism‚ spans the time from antiquity all the way to the 2nd century C.E. The intention behind this period being called "proto-Daoism" is that we have no information of any official Daoist religious organizations at this time. The classic works that were inscribed in the course of this period‚ the Daode jing
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The Importance of Conformity In Economics 101‚ students can learn from the law of diminishing marginal utility the reason why water is cheaper than diamond. It can be simply summed up as: the more we get‚ the less pleasure we can derive. Although water is essential to our life‚ we get such a large quantity that we are no longer sensitive to its additional happiness. On the other hand‚ the quantity of diamond is so limited that its marginal utility can easily outweigh that of water. We are more
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A Desire for Tranquility the Cultural and Health Aspects of Chrysanthemums in China Yalin Mao The chrysanthemum originated in western or central Asia (Zhao et al.‚ 2010). Then there was a gradual northeasterly movement into China and Mongolia. After that‚ it spread into eastern Asia‚ then to eastern Siberia and the Far East‚ and finally the species were dispersed widely in every region (Zhao et al.‚ 2010). In many countries‚ chrysanthemums stand for sorrow or farewell‚ especially in Italy and France
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Lao-Tzu‚ Machiavelli‚ and the American Government Lao-Tzu’s "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching" and Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of a Prince" both have the ultimate goal of making better leaders. The tactics that each writer chooses to present as a guide for the leader are almost opposite of each other. Today’s American government would benefit from a combination of the two extreme ideas. Lao-Tzu’s laissez-faire attitude towards the economy‚ as well as his small scale‚ home defense military is
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