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Shih Huang Ti Filial Piety
1,334 words
Dressed in the drab military uniform that
symbolized the revolutionary government of
Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river.
An enormous red flag draped his coffin, like a red
sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating the
dualism of traditional China and the present
Communist China that typified Mao. 1 A river of
people flowed past while he lay in state during
the second week of September 1976. Workers,
peasants, soldiers and students,...
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Brook Farm One Year
899 words
The word utopia, in its simplest form means a
"perfect world. " In other words it is a society
in which man has reached such perfection that he
is able to build a social system based on justice,
reason and unity. Since the beginning of history,
people have dreamed of creating utopian societies
and many are still trying. In the history of
Utopian Communities, three of the most known
utopian communities are the Shakers, Brook Farm,
and New Harmony. One of the most well known
utopian communities is...
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Relationship With God Gods Existence
1,656 words
... f electrons. There is a reason for polarity in
our world because much like the Taoist belief,
this harmony of opposites must exist in all
situations of our world. This stands true when
considering how belief in Gods existence affects
our ability to reconcile our vision of Him as
all-powerful when evil exists. Let us begin by
looking at a simple example, how we function as
parents. Surely, we have the ability to protect
our children from any harm at all, if we are
willing to go to great lengt...
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Meaning Of Life Modern Era
1,763 words
Merwin comes forward to rescue human and humanity
with his barrier breaking voice that has been
hurled against the harsh walls of reality. He
dives into the wreck of himself and the world and
creates a new dimension where the resurrection of
a modern era appears with a new tone of Nature and
harmony. The revivification is based on the new
visions in the old songs, formation of the
abandoned, antiestablishment, the marginalized
prophet who has some new prophecy, a new
interpretation for nature an...
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Shih Huang Ti Filial Piety
1,353 words
Dressed in the drab military uniform that
symbolized the revolutionary government of
Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river.
An enormous red flag draped his coffin, like a red
sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating the
dualism of traditional China and the present
Communist China that typified Mao. 1 A river of
people flowed past while he lay in state during
the second week of September 1976. Workers,
peasants, soldiers and students,...
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Younger Generations Cultural Influences
1,603 words
The Japanese culture has allowed for very little
diversity. This started very early in their
history. The social controls used to eliminate
diversity are the family, the power of gender, the
poor treatment of minority groups, the corporate
Japanese mentality, and the respect required by
people in authority. However, due to globalization
and the shrinking of the world, Japanese society
is starting to make the change to diversity. The
individualistic mentality shared by the new
technology driven y...
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Extended Metaphor Wife Penelope
1,388 words
The epic, The Odyssey, by Homer, depicts the
journey of the hero Odysseus as he faces the
greatest of obstacles to evolve into a man,
preeminent over that of other mortals. In both
power and prowess he is unsurpassed, comparable
even to the gods themselves at times. In a
particular passage within the epic, the powerful
nature of this master mariner and soldier is
exceptionally portrayed, positioned before the
revealing of Odysseus true identity and his
slaughtering of the voracious suitors. Such...
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Part Of The Soul Periods Of Time
1,882 words
The soul or psych is the non-physical, spiritual
or emotional centre of a person. The soul is the
element that survives death. An example of the
definition of the soul according to the infamous
philosopher Plato is outlined in the Republic
whereabouts Socrates engages in a discussion
between with Glaucon regarding primarily the
justice of the city and the justice that exists in
the soul. Secondly, another example of the
explanation of the soul is outlined in Freud's The
Question of Lay Analysis....
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Racial Equality Overwhelming Majority
2,391 words
Hurricane Katrina (1) Nowadays, no American
politician would ever speak to the public, without
mentioning this countrys strong national unity or
the fact that diversity makes us stronger. Yet,
the objective reality points out at the notion of
Americas national unity as nothing but a myth,
because such unity disappears into the thin air,
every time American large cities experience
electrical blackouts or when this nation deals
with the consequences of natural disasters, such
as hurricane Katrina,...
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Man With Enormous Wings William Shakespeare
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Analysis of the works The Sick Rose by William
Blake, the Sonnets by William Shakespeare (18,
130, 144) and A very Old Man with Enormous wings
Friendly speaking, after getting this task I had
to think a lot about what topic to choose as the
topics proposed are very interesting, serious and
thought-provoking. So, finally I decided to speak
about some works which are very significant for
me. First of all I would like to mention the
Sonnets of William Shakespeare. One frequently
speaks about the va...
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Middle Ages Sixteenth Century
2,247 words
your gods, and from off your hands. The ultimate
origin of music is to locate in time to find out
correctly. Music in its modern Western sense has
become both a fine art and a fine discipline. Its
prime constructive elements are melody, rhythm,
and harmony. The music of primitive people and the
culture of African, Amerindian, Asians are largely
uninfluenced by European developments might lack
harmony and maybe even melody as we know it, but
it is not possible to make music devoid of rhythm.
In E...
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Laws Of Nature Carbon Dioxide
3,405 words
Henry Charles Carey (1793 B 1879) One of the most
highly regarded and best known economist of the
early eighteen hundreds was Henry Carey. Of all
the many American economists in the first half of
the nineteenth century, the best known, especially
outside of America, was Henry Carey. Being born in
Philadelphia, Carey's views were that typically of
an American. The manor, in which he opposed other
economists and established his own theories,
distinguished him as a prominent figure not only
in his ...
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African Americans Human Beings
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Homosexuality is being hotly debated today in
church and society. When the case is made for the
legitimacy of same-sex love, critics rush in with
three main defenses. (1) It is contrary to nature.
(2) It is condemned in Scripture. (3) Its
acceptance would ruin society. The most
interesting thing about these three arguments is
that they have been used in the past to defend
what is now universally regarded as evil. In
American history, slavery, segregation, and the
denial of the vote to women all ...
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Worlds Largest Japanese Society
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Japan has performed a miracle. The countrys
economic performance following its crushing defeat
in World War II is nothing short of astounding.
The economic expansion of Japan is second to none.
All of the elements are in place for Japan to
continue increasing its share of the worlds wealth
as Americas gradually declines. The country is on
track to becoming the worlds largest economy. How
did Japan do it? There are many theories and
studies that have traced the Japanese miracle
without success. T...
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Tea Ceremony Zen Buddhism
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Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-Sabi, And The Tea
Ceremony Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-Sabi, And The
Tea Ceremony Aesthetics: In the Western world,
aesthetics is considered the branch of philosophy
that is concerned with concepts of value and
beauty as they relate to the arts. Philosophers
from Plato until the present time have had rigid
ideas about what artists should create and what
people should like, but in todays world, a
estheticians represent a variety of approaches to
the philosophy of art. Aest...
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Parent Child Relationship Retirement Funds
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Japanese Work Ethics vs American Ethics For an
American to consider the Japanese from any
viewpoint for any reason, it is important for us
to remember that they are products of a unique
civilization, that their standards and values are
the results of several thousand years of powerful
religious and metaphysical conditioning that were
entirely different from those that molded the
character, personality and habits of Westerners
(De Mente, p. 19). To understand the Japanese, it
is necessary to have...
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Quot Ideal Perfect City
1,607 words
Socrates ideal city is described through Plato in
his work The Republic, some questions pondered
through the text could be; How is this an "
ideal" city, and is justice in the city
relative to that of the human soul? I believe
Socrates found the true meaning of justice in the
larger atmosphere of the city and applied that
concept to the human soul. Socrates describes his
idea of an " ideal city" as one that has
all the necessary parts to function and to show
that justice is t...
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Shih Huang Ti Great Leap Forward
2,676 words
The Life of Mao Zedong Dressed in the drab
military uniform that symbolized the revolutionary
government of Communist China, Mao Zedong's body
still looked powerful, like an giant rock in a
gushing river. An enormous red flag draped his
coffin, like a red sail unfurled on a Chinese
junk, illustrating the dualism of traditional
China and the present Communist China that
typified Mao. 1 A river of people flowed past
while he lay in state during the second week of
September 1976. Workers, peasants,...
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19 Th Century Love And Respect
2,926 words
Every common working citizen in our nation has a
set routine they go through every day, Monday
through Friday. Usually in involves getting up
around 5: 00 - 8: 00 a. m. every morning, fighting
the same traffic every morning on the way to work,
working for eight hours on basically the same job
over and over again, gaining more and more stress
as the day goes on, injury building our stress
levels. Then we clock out, go home and try not to
let the miserable day we had at work get us down.
We need a...
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Socrates Believed Thin Air
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The main theme behind the Phaedo is Socrates
readiness and willingness to die, because of his
belief of immortality. Socrates believed that when
his body ceased to exist anymore, that his soul
would leave and join that of the forms, where he
would be eternally. Socrates believed so strongly
in this, that not only did he not fear his death,
he welcomed it. He believed that only when the
soul separated from the body, is a person able to
be truly enlightened and gain all knowledge. This
enlightenme...
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