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Confucius spent most of his life teaching his way of ritual propriety to his disciples. In The Analects of Confucius, he states, “It is a rare thing for glib speech and an insinuating appearance to accompany authoritative conduct” (1.3). One of Confucius’s main lessons is the teachings of Ren and communication between one another. When Confucius states “glib speech” he is speaking of one as shallow, thoughtless, and misleading. Many times throughout Confucius’s teaching he mentions “glib tongue”…

Well known essayist, lecturer and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his text, “Self Reliance”, asserts that each individual should avoid conformity and follow his/her own ideologies to achieve a more enriched life. Emerson’s purpose is to impress upon the reader the idea that they should not conform their lives to the ideology of society; rather they should pursue their own individual paths consisting of their own actions and ideas. He utilizes an encouraging tone to express to the readers that it…

In “Self-Reliance”, Ralph Waldo Emerson explains that he believes "Society is a joint-stock company in which the members agree for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater”(247). Transcendentalists felt that society…

I have chosen to analyze the essay, “Heroism: Why Heroes are Important”. The article was written by a Professor of Philosophy, Scott LaBarge. He unquestionably felt strongly that a person having a hero is vitally important. He goes in depth about his personal hero Thoreau, and he claims that he wouldn’t know where he’d be without him (1). He talks about how deep this connection from his hero is through being convinced “that living deliberately meant becoming a philosopher” (1). That is such a…

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” (Martin Luther King, JR.). People often stand idly by and don’t do what they need to do to help others, and by doing so are encouraging it to happen. Some people do stand up and that’s what makes the difference. Standing up against someone or something can be fearful, but it will change something in the end. When people take…

Henry David Thoreau was a man of intelligence, brilliance, and success. He was a Harvard graduate and an educator. He was an activist against the Mexican war and slavery. People never really understood Thoreau. He was a man that seem to have difficulty getting along with others, yet he has “great qualities of intellect and character,” as his close friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne described. Thoreau was an adventurous man who wanted to find out what life is. He tries to figure this out by living a…

“Nobody thinks that they’re evil or bad, they think that they’re doing the right thing.” (Andrew McCarthy) The word ‘moral’ is described as a person’s beliefs concerning what is and what isn’t acceptable for them to do. In these short stories; “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”,“The Lottery”, and “The Yellow Wallpaper” show how people turn a blind eye to the pain for one individual for the idea that is it the greater good of the lives of many. People try to do the right thing for society, but…

What Technology Can’t Do How would you feel if you were a basketball player that was forced to play soccer? You would feel all out of sorts, of course! This is similar to what society is pushing us to do in today’s world. “Who cares about the past, we need new innovations for the future,” Society says, just as the coach says to the basketball player, “We don’t care what you played last year. This year we need you to play soccer.” Can you imagine if the basketball coach said that to the whole…

The targeted audience educated adult sports fans. He gets the audience’s attention by referencing iconic figures in history to make his point. For example, he quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, “Nothing great could be accomplished without enthusiasm” to explain his claim about the importance of zeal for life. Emerson is a familiar name to people that have a higher educational background. The ultimate purpose of his…

Albert Einstein once said, "Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value." Unit 1 was intrinsic to my success in the future by teaching me about the characteristics that make us all human. There was an emphasis on a determination for success and the qualities of nature revealed in ancient myths. In this essay, based on what I learned in the unit, I will report the ways Benjamin Franklin’s lifelong ideals and goals are still seen in American modern society and describe the…