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This paper provides a perspective on crime, including its root causes and the best way to reduce it in individuals and societies. The author suggests using four Chinese philosophical schools of thought to prevent crime. These philosophies include Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and Moism. The outlooks and their applications to crime prevention are described at length.

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"Eastern philosophies originating in China often posit a distinct world view, one which manifests certain attitudes and beliefs in subscribers to them across multiple aspects of existence. One of these aspects is crime, including both its root cause and the best means of dealing with it. This analysis will provide a discussion of crime and Chinese philosophy, including the different views of the root causes of crime and how best to prevent it from the perspective of four different philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism and Moism.

Tags:Daoism, Mohism, virtue, punishment, law, heaven, ritual, moral education

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This paper describes and compares the differences between eastern and western philosophy. The author has included texts and examples from both cultures.The author explains that Eastern philosophy is felt and experienced rather than thought about and that it is intelligence versus emotion instead of a combination of the two when talking about philosophy.

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"Think. Don't Think. From the beginning this has been one of the primary differences between Eastern and Western Philosophy. Generally Western systems attempt to think and rationalize a system of philosophy based on experience and create a logic theory on the meaning of life. In Eastern philosophy, thinking is part of the discursive mind and clouds the actual perception of reality, so don't think, experience. In the West experience is explained in words, in the East, words are slowly pealed away so one can experience reality directly. Think. Don't Think. In fact the Taoist text, The Tao Te Ching, opens with the following, "The Way that can be told is not the Unvarying Way, the names that can be named are not the unvarying names." (Morre 149) So, in essence, words always fall short of the true meaning of experience. Eastern philosophy must be felt and experienced rather than thought about. In these philosophies there is not just the mind but the heart-mind from which understanding comes, something the west has separated into two distinct entities. It is intelligence versus emotion instead of a combination of the two when talking about philosophy."

Tags:understand, translation, selfless

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Both Confucianism and Taoism hold strikingly differing positions on the importance and significance of language. This paper shows that, while this conflict may initially seem purely academic, these positions form the foundation of their ideologies, influencing subsequent positions on every aspect of life, right up to the correct way to lead a nation.

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"Thus, the accuracy of language serves as a foundation for all other abilities, including the acquisition of knowledge and leadership. This foundation should be solid and strong, without embellishment, and without exaggeration. Confucius often displays exquisite care in his own language, especially when he is asked whether or not a specific person fits a certain title, such as "ren" or "scholar." He is also conscious of his overall choice of words and tone: "At court, when speaking with officers of lower rank, he was pleasant and affable; when speaking with officers of upper rank, he was formal and proper." His own care, and the distain with which he frequently refers to those who use fanciful language or who cannot back up their speech with actions, demonstrates his advocacy of speech as a concrete, firm resting place for ideas. "Words," he explains, "should convey their message, and leave it at that.""

Tags:tao, Chuang, Tzu, analect

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"Life and death are inextricably intertwined, a fact noted by various religious and philosophical schools around the world. Life is an essential components in the dynamic of the world, but all life eventually dies. In broad terms, all life also comes from death, or from a lack-of-life, as if life were being created out of nothing. At some point in the past, it must indeed have been created out of lifeless material, and since that time life and death have alternated, the one creating or contributing to the creation of the next. The idea of the relationship between life and death is often expressed better in Eastern philosophy than in Western, which is less given to finding the unity in the world and more to differentiating between elements and behaviors.
The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then.."

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The following essay shows how the central character in Gardner's novel, Grendel, moves away from a nihilistic sense of self and toward what eastern philosophies describe as a sense of enlightenment.

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"In his very early days, even the evil, man-eating Grendel was an innocent creature. "I lived those years, as do all young things, in a spell. Like a puppy nipping, playfully growling preparing for battle with wolves" (Gardner 16). It is only when he ventures into the world and gets caught in a tree from which he is unable to escape, that he experiences his first fears that the world is not as he had previously conceived it to be. With his foot stuck in the tree and a bull repeatedly charging, but missing him, Grendel comes to a realization. "I understood that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist. All the rest, I saw, is merely what pushes me or what I push against, blindly . . ." (Gardner 22). It is also during this particular scene that Grendel first comes into contact with men."

Tags:human, nature, God, existence, Sartre, dragon, novel, nihilist, creature, innocence, evil, battle

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This paper will argue that Americans' increasing interest in Eastern religion/philosophy - often at the expense of established religions - reflects a deeper transformation in American society during the modern era. As the educational standards and economic prosperity of Americans increased, so too did their dissatisfaction with this same materialism and the institutions (established religions / government) associated with it. When the "baby boom" generation finally assumed a dominant role in American society, their counter-cultural values - living in the moment; personal spirituality, not structured orthodoxy - became mainstream American culture, setting the stage for our renewed engagement with Eastern religion/philosophy in the twenty-first century.

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A detailed paper that outlines the history of one of Philadelphia's national historical landmarks, Eastern State Penitentiary. The author describes the history of its philosophy and construction, as well as facts regarding the massive penitentiary.

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"Construction began on May in 1822. The penitentiary received its first prisoner in October of 1829, though the prison would not be completed until 1836. Eighteen-year-old Charles Williams was Eastern's first prisoner, sentenced to two years for theft. The identity of Charles Williams disappeared, there was now only prisoner number one in his place. As he was walked to his cell, a black hood was placed over his head, to protect his identity and to help minimize escapes. The only person to see an inmate was a guard who brought meals to an inmate, which were deposited through a slot in the door. The walls were eighteen inches of thick stone. Pastors and ministers would make rounds to Eastern State on a weekly basis, reading scriptures and preaching sermons, but even for this, inmates remained in their cells. Inmates were not allowed to converse, whistle, sing, or even know who the president was at the time. Any inmate not obeying these strict rules were deprived of dinner that night. However, during the exercising sessions, inmates would throw pebbles over the walls with a note attached to communicate with other prisoners."

Tags:al, capone, confinement, philadelphia, solitary, sutton, system, willie

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This in-depth paper examines the introduction of the Marxist movement which began in the 19th century with the historic publication of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' "Communist Manifesto." This paper details the negative aspects of a capitalist society and the advantages of socialism, including the positive effects on education, literacy and national healthcare. This paper focuses on the eastern European countries, including Lithuania, Croatia and Russia, that adopted both Communist and Marxist approaches to society and government.
Table Of Contents:
Introduction
Marxism
National Minority System
Government
Education
Health and Welfare
Constitutional Government
Education
Bibliography

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"The ideas of both class struggle and classless community were already familiar in Marx's time. The notion that economic interests in society necessarily are in conflict has been traced as far back as Thucydides, while the first decades of the 19th century were rife with sundry socialist critiques of the existing economic order and attempts to found utopian, classless communities. Marx coupled these two ideas in a novel way. The problem of every utopian writer is not to describe what his utopia looks like but to suggest how one achieves it. In his theory of history, Marx adopted the idea of the class struggle as the driving mechanism in the sequence of events that would culminate in the classless society."

Tags:russia, yugoslav, croatia, lithuania, political, class, struggle, society, education

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This paper explores the Eastern philosophical concept of wuwei, which is a part of the Dao, a key principle of Taoism, Confucianism, and other ancient Chinese philosophical forms. The paper asserts that the Dao differs significantly from western philosophy, and is a way of looking at the world in a holistic, rather than in an autonomous, manner. The paper explains that one of the key principles of the Dao is that every action creates a counter-action; these are expressed through the duality of the yin and yang. Even inaction creates a counter-action, bringing the paper to the topic of wuwei - the ability to know when to act and when not to act. The paper discusses various aspects of wuwei in the Dao, and concludes that applying the principles of Wuwei means making conscious decisions about the actions that one takes and the amount of flexibility that is needed in the action.

Outline:
Life and Dao
Wuwei and the Principle of Actionless Action
The Wuwei and Destiny
For Every Action there is Reaction
Applying the Principles of Wuwei
Different Interpretations of the Wuwei
Wuwei and Western Culture
Works Cited

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"In the western mind, to simply sit back and let the argument run its course does not even enter one's mind. There is a feeling that one needs to "do something." This example illustrates the difference between Eastern and Western thought. The way of the Wuwei means to examine all of one's options, even the one of inaction and simply allowing the flow of the Dao to resolve the problem. Another choice is recognize the situation, not as a conflict, but as the flow of energy."

Tags:energy, flow, meditation, Asian, Zhuangzi

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This paper investigates how religions that are so diverse as those of Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity are believed to share elements to a degree where Christians now believe that their traditions are supported by the philosophies found these alternative practices. Through investigating the commonalities found within all three practices, this paper provides reasons as to why the Western traditions of Zen Buddhism and Hinduism have become popularized in the West, and within the Western religion of Christianity over the past fifty years.