“Tao of Pooh” author Benjamin Hoff uses a specific style to portray the ideas of Taoism. With the use of Winnie the Pooh characters‚ Hoff presents the variety of personalities that exist in the world. Hoff begins to mention the principal ideas such as the “Uncarved Block” also known as P’u. Furthermore‚ Hoff elaborates on the principle of the uncarved block by stating that things that are in their “original simplicity contain their own natural power” (Hoff 10). Hoff portrays Pooh as the figure for
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Pooh‚ Benjamin Hoff uses the characters from Winnie the Pooh to explain the fundamentals of Taoism. By observing the actions of the main characters‚ he decides that the actions of Pooh best describe Taoism. This book has offered an interesting and understandable entry into the profound world of Taoist. The main concept that caught my attention while reading this book was The Uncarved Block. According to Hoff‚ the most important principle of Taoism is The Uncarved Block and Hoff uses Pooh to best
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Description Author’s Name Benjamin Hoff Place of Publication New York‚ Dutton Date of Publication 1982 # of Pages 158 Pages Summary of the Book Author Benjamin Hoff made a novel based on a world of childhood characters‚ but sends a message about how the religion Taoism is organized and what it is. The way that Hoff describes Tao is pretty convenient though. He uses the characters to his advantage in his Novel to describe the ways of Taoism. Hoff gave Pooh a special way of expressing
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interval training‚ and determine whether heart rate is a valid measure of work intensity in soccer specific endurance training (Hoff‚ Wisloff‚ Engen‚ Helgerud‚ 2002‚ p.218) Methods 1. Subjects: Six Norwegian athletes who were volunteer first division players whose age was 22.2 ± 3.3 years old. The subjects weight was 77.5 ± 12.4 kg and height was 180.2 ± 5.5cm. (Hoff‚ Wisloff‚ Engen‚ Helgerud‚ 2002‚ p.219) 2. Measurements: For the warm up VO2 was measured by placing the subjects on a treadmill
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An Analysis of Katha Pollitt’s "Girls Against Boys?" The article titled "Girls Against Boys‚" published in the 30 January issue of The Nation magazine by author Katha Pollitt‚ brings to light pressing issues of gender discrimination and how this nation’s education system has changed over the past forty years but still isn’t up to par with where it needs to be with issues of gender equality. Pollitt exposes the views of conservatives toward feminism in the school systems of today. This article describes
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Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Wyland Sommers came into your store. Both are senior citizens and longtime Billings residents. They have made numerous purchases at Newsome’s over the past 18 years. The Sommers bought a sofa bed last week‚ and it was delivered on Friday. The sofa had been a floor model‚ and the price had been reduced by 50 percent. The tag on the sofa said “as is” because there was a large tear in the mattress cover. Your Role: When Mr. and Mrs. Sommers came into the store‚ they proceeded
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interview is primarily an assessment tool designed to answer critical questions that will facilitate an understanding of a client’s current presentation and problems and allow for an initial formulation to be developed (Hughes & Byrne‚ 2009; Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan‚ 2012). The central function of an intake interview is to gather necessary information from the client. It also serves as an opportunity to orientate the client to a potentially new situation as well as promote rapport within a
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Pooh by Benjamin Hoff is certainly an interesting book. Pooh has always been an interesting character and his ways seem to be very close to the ancient Chinese principle of Taoism. When I was younger I was a great fan of Pooh and Huff does a great job of explaining the Taoist philosophy through Pooh and his animal friends. This is not your average children’s bedtime story just as A. A. Milne orginally did not write the Pooh stories for children. In chapter one‚ “The How of Pooh‚” Hoff talks about The
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happiness with living well or doing well (Sommers & Sommers‚ 2010). St. Augustine defines happiness as the enjoyment of the chief good; out of the soul is where man finds himself and what is found cannot be lost but is led by following God and obeying his will (Sommers & Sommers‚ 2010). St Augustine believes that to live the good life is to obey God’s will and command he maintains that we cannot achieve salvation or happiness without God’s grace (Sommers & Sommers‚ pg 330). In support of St. Augustine
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of Silk Stockings was written in 1896‚ Mrs. Sommers came in possession of fifteen dollars one day. Fifteen dollars was not a lot of money back then but a truly significant amount of money to Mrs. Sommers at that time (p.1). Where did this money come from How did she come about getting such amount of money It does not really talk about where the money came from just the specific amount‚ fifteen. Fifteen could be a symbolism for 3 X 5‚ maybe Mrs. Sommers had three jobs recently and was paid 5.00 for
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