Tim Wu

ladies.” “I blame her,” Vita said, glaring out from under her bangs. Persephone glared back, colder, “Me? You blame me, for your terrible temper?” Her head whipped up, immidetly. “My temper? You're the one that tried to strangle me!” “And you, dear Vita, are the one who banged my head into the side of a stone building.” “Oh, You wanna bring that up – ?!” “Ladies.” The professors voice cut through, stern, and both of the witches were quiet. Mostly. Vita was angrily muttering to herself, and Persephone had to restrain from rolling her eyes. Yes, her temper, was worse than that of a Pyromancers. Moron. “Miss Solanaceae, I wonder what your father would say, if he knew his daughter was involved in so many fights here,” Oh she wouldnt. Wu looked on, clearly warning her. And Vita smirked. “But to the both of you, I think detention for three weeks should sufice, for now. And then we can only hope the two of you grow up, and quit with the childish fighting.” Vita scowled now, Persephone looked indifferent, and watched the others expression out of the corner of her eyes. “Do we have to w –“ The Theurgist started, but her Professor already knew the question, and the answer in turn. “Write lines? Of course you do.” Vita groaned, and sunk lower in her chair. “And Miss Solanaceae, no enchanting your quill to write the lines for you this time.” “Theres a spell for that?” Persephone glared, and crossed her arms. “Theres a spell for everything, you dimwit.” She said, not…

To support his argument, he notes that in the United States it is legal for individuals to tamper with copyrighted technology as long as it is intended for “fair use”. Fair use is a broad term, but essentially manipulation of Apple technology is allowed as long as it doesn’t pose as a detriment to Apple as a business. I believe that Tim Wu is correct in his argument; in the United States, people have a right make use of their property in any manner deemed legal. In “The iPhone Freedom Fighters”…

duties. Each person should understand and feel comfortable in his/her own role. People, who act correctly, can improve and reorganize the society. Only if one explores the surrounding world, he/she will become smart. Knowledge brings sincere thoughts and ideas while an open mind improves a person’s character. An educated and sophisticated individual makes his family better. Families, in their turn, regulate the state. The peace in the world will be achieved only if there is harmony in families…

who wrote Meditations, a book that has details about Marcus Aurelius’ thoughts and stoicism in general. While these two philosophers may have been born in different eras and different parts of the world, they have some very similar thoughts about the right way to live your life. More specifically, both of these philosophers believed in the idea of inaction, or wu wei according…

Life can be a roller-coaster of emotions, but some people experience more lows than highs; as a result, people have tried to find ways to increase the number of happy moments in their life. While many paths to happiness have been proposed, one of the earliest is a philosophy, based off the writing Tao Te Ching, known as Taoism. Those that follow Taoism (also known as Taoists) say they experience less stress and live a happier life. In modern American society, it is believed that a person must…

Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu regent who effectively ruled over China from her appointment in 1861 until her death in 1908. She ruled during the Boxer Rebellion, an anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising led by a splinter group called the Boxers towards the end of the Qing Dynasty from 1899 to 1901. Empress Cixi’s changes to Boxer ideologies to reflect those of the state and her actions to preserve the state, doctrine, and race of China express her use of the Boxers as a nationalistic…

When I read the passage, I can see the conception of Lao-Tzu, his opinion about “Tao” and “Wu Wei”. The passage said that we need to have patience to wait the mud settle and water clear. The patience is waiting, waiting the thing become clear, this is just like the conception of “Wu Wei”. Wu Wei means people being peace and accept the flow that the river give us, and the passage said “have patience to wait” means people should stay peace and waiting for right time until everything clear. People…

Reflections in Light The Coinherence of Opposites from the Tao Te Ching describes the balances between opposites in life through the Daoist (Taoist) religion. In the passage, Laozi begins on explaining that when something exists, it will always have an opposite (e.g. when people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly). In the text, Laozi informs the reader that these things are not just opposite, but they are connected and they work together in some manner, meaning without one,…

in life. It is entirely natural for you to debate the reason why you are here or what you are supposed to do in the world. Life mastery is all about finding your purpose and developing a harmonious attitude toward life. Although you may have tried reading through self-help books or enrolled in meditation retreats, you will not be able to find true peace until you have achieved life mastery. You have made the first step by realizing that you need to do something, but you are not quite there yet. …

George doing all of these things, good fortune arrives in his life. One might believe that by doing the opposite, Costanza is breaking a fundamental pillar of Daoism. However, if analyzed carefully, what George was doing before was silencing his natural way. If there are rowdy people causing a scene at a movie theatre, one’s natural instinct, if provoked, is to yell at the rowdy theatre goers. The words he spoke at a job interview were his genuine thoughts that he wanted to share with the…