or reverence‚ or our contempt”(15). He believes that the nature of man comes from the universal law of nature‚ or what he refers to as the “Tao”‚ an education that enforces knowing what is right and wrong through educating what are true and just sentiments of moral objectivity. The only way to understand right from wrong is to be educated within the Tao and it is the only way for a society to flourish. He argues that past generations passed on this education but the today’s educators have abandoned
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obey the standards of someone or a society but some do not. Boxer and Huang Zitao (Tao) play an important role in society. Boxer is a horse in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. Tao is a Chinese male who debut as a K-Pop idol. Tao is contracted in a Korean entertainment company called SM Entertainment. He was a K-Pop star in a boy band called EXO. Boxer played the role of following the standards of society and Tao did the opposite. Conformity and nonconformity are similar in that they both result
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He specifically described this social state in The Tao Te Ching‚ he said “If a country is governed wisely‚ its inhabitants will be content. They enjoy the labor of their hands and don’t waste time inventing labor-saving machines. Since they dearly love their homes‚ they aren’t interested in travel. They
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Fernanda Virgen 22 January 2014 “If you want to be a great leader‚ you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts and the world will govern itself.” These words were spoken by Lao-Tzu‚ a philosopher credited for writing the “Tao-te Ching” and the presumed founder of Taoism. In the Tao-te Ching‚ Lao-Tzu describes the qualities a political leader should acquire in order to become great leaders. Although some people imagine a great leader as being die-hard
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philosopher; one day when he arrived at the Han Ku Pass‚ it is said that the guard asked him to write down his views before leaving China. It contained his views‚ but also the traditions of Taoism. This became known as the Tao Te Ching. Other than the Confucian Analects’‚ Tao Te Ching is said to be the most classical text in
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like Confucianism. Tao Te Ching The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese text believed to be written by Laozi‚ an ancient Chinese philosopher. Although the true nature of whether he is the author or not‚ the texts are referred to Laozi. The Tao Te Ching text have greatly influenced not only Taoism‚ but Confucianism and Buddhism as well. The texts‚ dating back to two millennia or the 4 BCE‚ are history and ritual based. The main concept lies on Tao and how to acquire it. Tao‚ in the Tao Te Ching‚ means “way
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Taoism originated in China around 500 b.c Taoist thought is based on the writings of Lao-Tzu in the poetic stanzas of the Tao Te Ching. Lau Tzu translates as the ’Old Man ’ or the ’Old Teacher ’. It is 5‚000 characters in length and comprises of two books. The Tao Te Ching is the second most printed book in the world next to the Bible. The Tao Te Ching represents Philosophical Taoism at its purest as it was to develop through the centuries into a more institutionalised religion and into branches
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James Hills Ancient History 12.01 Taoism Analysis of Sources 1. Taoism: The quest for immortality (John Blofeld) This book is obviously a secondary source although it references some primary sources mainly the Tao Te Ching. The author of the book is a published author and therefore it can be assumed that the information inside is relatively accurate as a secondary source can get. The only possibility of bias is that the author is a follower of another religion‚ even so the bias will
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is known about Taoism. No date of its creation has ever been made a complete fact. It is believed to have arrived in China around the sixth century BCE. It was founded by Lao-tzu who is said to have written Taoism ’s most important sacred writing‚ Tao Te Ching or The Way and Its Power. This book is "second only to the Bible in number of Western translations." (Mary Pat Fisher‚ pg. 186) Taoism is essentially one of the most passive traditions around the world. With the important symbols of life its
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The goal in Taoism is to achieve tao‚ to find the way. Tao is the ultimate reality‚ a presence that existed before the universe was formed and which continues to guide the world and everything in it. Tao is sometimes identified as the Mother‚ or the source of all things. That source is not a god or a supreme being‚ as Taoism is not monotheistic. The focus is not to worship one god‚ but instead on coming into harmony with tao (Hartz‚ 8). Tao is the essence of everything that is right
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