Taoism

Chinese medicine was a system of diagnoses and health-care approaches that have evolved over the past 3,000 years. Additionally, their medicine was mainly based on the “Universe as outlined in the spiritual insights of Daoism.” Doaism, also called Taoism was a philosophical…

Introduction Every city across the globe has its own characteristics and features that make it distinct from any other city. The characteristic distinctions may be realized in terms of city demographics, city administration structures, geographical locales, infrastructure and public facility configuration, and economic systems, among other city aspects and factors. Employing data collection and high level thinking skills, research is carried out to compare and contrast two Asian megacities. In…

Just go with the flow. It is a phrase I’m sure we have all heard as a small bit of advice. But is it really the best option? When we are faced with a challenge or a hardship, do we just roll with it, or do we actively work to change it? Lao Tzu argued the best option would be to go with the flow. He believed that life was like a downward stream that we all went down on rafts. Additionally, he states that attempting to go upstream would only make you miserable in the process (Austin 384). To put…

Chinese counterpart, as reflected in many aspects of life such as educational system, literature and social norms (Nguyen, 2002; Le, 2011). Huyen (2002) reported that Vietnamese culture clearly reflects a blending inheritance of Confucian ideologies, Taoism and Buddhism (as cited in Le, 2011). In Vietnam, a person is expected to exhibit his “strong sense of being a part of a community than being an individual”…

In order to ensure success, military officials must conduct thorough analysis on a country and its culture to maximize their efforts and increase their chances of success. Culture can be defined as “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations” ("Culture | Definition of Culture by Merriam-Webster," 2016.) The components that create a culture are: symbols; language; norms; values;…

Chapter 3: First Civilizations-Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 BCE to 500 BCE Questions: 1. When and where did the First Civilizations emerge? • Much like agriculture, emerging civilizations were a global phenomenon. They first became evident in three specific locations (from 3500 B.C.E to 3000 B.C.E.) in Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Nile River valley, and Norte Chico. • Following this, the next three specific civilizations emerged. By 2000 (to 1,200) B.C.E, the Indus Valley, China,…

Sometimes, belief is considered beneficial regardless of whether it holds truth or not. For example, if one enters a sports competition as a low underdog, a strong belief in team unity and ability can propel the potentially losing team to victory. This idea that meaningful beliefs overshadow those that are true is called pragmatism. Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physician, and religious philosopher (Biography.com Editors), took a pragmatic approach to the widely discussed topic of God’s…

Even though my faith prior to seeing war first hand was moderate and conservative at best in my practices, it has evidently subsided following 2004. Previously, I would have thanked all my “blessing’s” to God and believed that he had a higher purpose for me in life. Even though I am pseudo successful in my career at such a young age compared to my co-workers and colleagues, I have concluded that it was not predetermined by a higher power, but by the hard work, dedication and values I set forth…

MYTHOLOGY People say that history repeats itself. In this paper, we will see that this is very true. Most mythologies have roots in other mythologies and links to things like politics or nature. All of Japanese mythology has a link to the government, but it also has Buddhism in some parts, which came from India. Christianity has links to a lot of other mythology. Most mythologies are linked to other past mythologies. In this paper, I will talk about where these mythologies are from, some of the…

A journey into temptation can cause a major change in someone 's morality and sanity. Individuals who do not make it back from that temptation into the tame nature of society, are driven past sanity and into a “dark” mindset. However, not all of those that make it back from that temptation remain completely sane. Those individuals can be considered tainted with an underlying level of insanity, even though they made it back portraying a surface level of sanity. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad…