Taoism

America’s Cultural Diversity The America today, which is the most diverse country in the world has been built and formed from many countries cultural and ethnic influences. Throughout the American history there have been influxes of various groups from around the world. These ethnic influences have been documented since the 1400s when Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain and came across the indigenous people of America. America was settled by the Spanish and the British with such…

Coelho’s The Devil and Miss Prym and Jackson’s “The Lottery” illustrate the consequence of choice as well as fate in order to condemn the human nature to promote uniformity within a society. In The Devil and Miss Prym, a stranger comes to the town of Viscos and temps the citizens to commit murder in order to achieve wealth. The book follows Miss Prym has she struggles with the choice between good and evil as she becomes influential in the town despite her lack of status and her dreams to…

Process of Nile cycle and its Importance in Agriculture River Nile of Africa is the largest river in the world as it covers a distance of more than 4,000 miles. The river begins near the equator, flowing northward from Lake Victoria, passing through Egypt and eventually emptying into the Mediterranean Sea (Said, 2013). The Nile has two primary tributes; the White Nile that flows from Rwanda and the Blue Nile originating from Ethiopia. In the past, Nile had a predictable flooding pattern that…

The Chinese during the Qing dynasty followed three main philosophies; Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The rulers were strong followers of Buddhism. However, discrimination existed heavily in the society. For example, the Manchu were not allowed to marry Han Chinese who forms the majority of the society and were considered a lower social class. Representative Confucian was the social and ethical philosophy during this era. Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, and Gu Yanwu were the three main scholars…

The term ‘deep ecology’ originated with the contributions of Arne Naes, a Norwegian philosopher. There are some fundamental premises that followers of deep ecology adhere by inspite arguing among themselves about the philosophical and political implications of the same. Ramachandra Guha in his article basically focuses on those four features of what is termed as ‘deep ecology’. According to him, the four tenets are as follows – • There is a need to shift from anthropocentric to biocentric…

Religion explains and involves things that are out of this world. It involves shared beliefs and practices that have most likely been passed down from other believers. Religion, in its good state, provides a sense of faith and security to some. However, there are some individuals who feel that religion justifies their actions, even when their actions causes hurt and harm to others. An individual cannot use religion to justify violence. So what is religion? According to Robison religion is "A…

You are being brainwashed, but it isn't quite as intentional or sinister as you might think. Society creates a framework so that future generations can grow up and support that framework. It may sound awful to you, but if such a system weren't in place, there would be too many elements in society pulling in too many directions and it wouldn't grow. Most of this guiding force happens without the direct knowledge of the people doing it. Schools train kids to think a certain way, which helps them…

Webster’s Dictionary describes Culture as “Characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.” These five subjects are the basic make-up of what we call “Culture.” Vietnamese culture is very complex, in part due to the participation of many groups in Vietnamese history (LaBorde, 2010). Vietnam embodies the Webster’s definition by having a rich and diverse history in each of the subjects and many…

Government is the belief that individuals need an organized allocation of authority to protect their wellbeing. Throughout history the forms of government have changed from Monarchies, Chieftains, to Popes/ Arch Bishops to modern Politics. Lao-Tzu’s views from the Tao-te Ching possess a thought that the people need a leader who is kind and gentle, but firm and wise, whereas Machiavelli describes in “The Prince” that a leader should strive to take complete control of power and wield is fiercely,…

The period 713-756 AD was the time the Tang Dynasty reached its zenith, and it was also known as the golden age of Chinese poetry. Among all the brilliant poets of the time, Li Bai 李白was one of the greatest and most influential romantic poets in Chinese literary history. Li Bai(701-762), styled Taibai 太白, and his pseudonym was Qinglianjushi 青莲居士, which means “lay Buddhist of blue lotus”. He likes reading, traveling, drinking, and writing poems. Li Bai has superior and admirable writing skills,…