“"Come now‚ Harlot‚ I am going to decree your fate‚ a fate that will never come to an end for eternity! I will curse you with a Great Curse… may a crossroad be your home‚ may a wasteland be your sleeping place…” In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ having crossed paths with Gilgamesh and his harlot‚ the life of our character‚ Enkidu‚ was turned to a wasteland. Enkidu lived freely. He ate with gazelles and drank with lions in a manner uncomplicated by pursuit or expectation. Unbeknownst to Enkidu‚ however‚ his
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Confucianism‚ a key idea to the Ancient Chinese culture‚ had a very rigid and hierarchical reputation. While this is a very dominant idea within the Chinese way of thought‚ it had a rival‚ Taoism. The Taoist idea was that one should live in harmony with nature‚ and by high school‚ we should all know this definition and be very familiar with it. However‚ one has to ask themselves: Why did Taoism originate in the first place? Confucianism and its ideals stood for a rigid hierarchical behavior
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Julissa Tejeda Prof. Neely Contemporary Civilizations - Fall Final Paper After explaining how the state of nature evolved into civil society when people began to rely on each other for resources‚ Rousseau concluded that the social contact that made civil society possible is more important that the individuals who created it. Although civil society created inequality‚ it also created freedom‚ morality‚ and rationality‚ which make people human. On the other hand‚ Locke explained that the state of nature
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These situations‚ the Narcos‚ dictator‚ and ecological pollution‚ bring out the true nature of humans. Humans‚ regardless of class‚ nationality‚ or ethnicity‚ tend to be selfish‚ placing their self-interests first. In this case‚ self-preservation is the largest self-interest possible‚ the desire to live and the desire to save the lives of your family. In each of these situations‚ the judge‚ being human‚ would choose self-preservation over justice‚ and until self-preservation and intimidation become
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John Winthrop’s speech to the Massachusetts General Court he outlines two types of liberties in early America. He calls the two liberties Natural liberty and civil or federal liberty. In John Winthrop’s speech he describes that if men follow natural liberty they will become more and more evil over time and eventually become worse than beast’s. If men are allowed to do as they please man and authority cannot co-exist. Men who follow natural liberty are a great evil to truth and peace “Which all ordinances
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Fazeel Hussain Throughout time‚ mankind has always been afraid to speak or act against authority; the majority of people did what they were told. For this reason‚ dictators and monarchs were able to do as they please without much opposition. John Locke and Galileo Galilei both stated that God has endowed humans with reason to make rational choices. Both argue that each human should question ideas as they desire. Humans should not obey an authority figure without reason. Their ideas provided society
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In his essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm states that human history can change forever by just an act of disobedience. Fromm starts off by stating how people in power have always professed that those below them should obey rather than disobey. Fromm writes about how key ancient figures like Prometheus and Adam and Eve acted out in disobedience. Fromm also states that these figures didn’t regret their decisions nor did they ask for forgiveness. Fromm further claims
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James Madison begins his paper by stating a strong argument for the Constitution is the fact that it gives the government the capability to control the violence and the damage of factions. He says‚ "Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union‚ none deserve to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction". Factions‚ described by James Madison‚ are groups of people who get together to protect their special interest and opinions.
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The cartoon depicting two men standing on the edge of a sidewalk with a telescreen that speaks to them‚ calling them by name‚ informing them that they may cross the street is relevant to the book 1984. In 1984‚ there are telescreens that are controlled by Big Brother and used to watch all of what the citizens of Oceania do and are capable of calling each individual by their full name when necessary. Although the citizens of Oceania‚ much like the men in the cartoon‚ are afraid of the telescreen’s
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The book of Mencius is about how to get alone with the Master‚ not only with one but also with different masters‚ as the book discusses various kingdoms that existed in China at the time. Mencius gave advice to the different princes; he was very intelligent and wise therefore the princes hired him to ask for advice on how to exercise power. Their advices were meant to correct and improve the position of master on whatever the matter was. Mencius talks a lot about courtesy‚ I think that his main
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