After reading Michael Puett’s book, I would like to compare Kong zi and Lao zi by reading Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 in the book. First, let’s talk about Kong zi. Kong zi as a creator of Confucianism, established the image of a master of morality (in an ethical sense) with a perfect moral personality […]
What arose in China is now considered to be a “world religion,” with support in Europe, America, and East Asia. Taoism, which is the English spelling of Daoism, was focused on the literary and philosophical tradition of the Zhou Dynasty until recently. The name “Taoism” refers to a system that is both religious and philosophical. […]
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Get startedSince the beginning of time, human beings have come across lightning, floods and the inevitable, death. Ancient humans, being as primitive as they were, could not come with rational explanations for these events. They created religion to explain the unexplainable. It started out with gods for lighting, then transitioned to more moral gods, like Zeus […]
Introduction Terror attacks have become common in various large cities and towns across the world. New York City is one of the largest in the United States and has been the target of numerous terror attacks. These terrorist attacks have claimed property, and the lives of many people, several of these attacks have utilized explosives, […]
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible […]
The play Angels in America written by Tony Kushner depicts the harsh reality that homosexual men faced during the 1980s: the peak of the AIDS epidemic. The play follows the journey of two distraught relationships: one which involves a closeted gay Mormon named Joseph and his wife Harper, and the other a gay man named […]
The subject of homosexuality has been slowly progressing throughout the modern day. Not too long-ago same sex marriage was not legal anywhere and before that being gay was universally unaccepted and seen as shameful. However, in the modern day 2018, the LGBTQ+ community is much more accepted and embraced, especially in the United States. Modern […]
It is simply impossible for people to be moral without religion or God. —Laura Schlessinger (quoted in Zuckerman, 2008) Religion in the Caribbean is as unique as its people. Like its culture, religion within the Caribbean region has been profoundly influenced by its colonization by European countries. This influence or infiltration was not only concentrated […]
Bhattacharya is really a very powerful writer who writes with sincerity and dedication to his art. His theory of novel is applicable to his own fictional and non-fictional writings. His greatness as a writer rests on his neat narrative designs, his portrayal of fully realized characters, his humanism and his masterly handling of language. A […]
Kemp House, Jamestown, 1638-39. Representative’s Councilor and settlement secretary Richard Kemp outperformed the case of before timber-outline houses loaded up with block nogging by building this 11/2-story lobby and parlor living arrangement of a block. Gov. John Harvey was impressed to the point that he called it ‘the most attractive that at any point was […]
All things must come to an end eventually. However, just because something ends doesn’t signify that it is negative. A happy ending is defined as “an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which almost everything turns out for the best for the protagonists, their sidekicks, and almost everyone except the villains.” […]
All around the world, everyone practices a religion of some kind. These religions range from Hinduism and Buddhism to Christianity and Judaism. There are some who don’t even know what to believe and are on their quest to discover the truth. Pi Patel, the protagonist of Life of Pi, finds himself on one such journey […]
Michelangelo’s Pieta is a beautiful marble statue of Mary holding Jesus. You can immediately see when looking at the statue that Mary is much larger than Jesus and her body isn’t in proportion with the rest of this statue. Michelangelo accomplished this by using scale, emphasizing the mother and son relation Jesus and Mary shared. […]
In the earlier centuries, females did not have the same access to art education as men. A lot of the female artist never had an opportunity to become a great artist, unlike males ( Linda Noclin, Why Have There Been no Great Women. Males throughout history had always had more rights and more privileges compared […]
Have you heard of The Mother of Love? Her name was Mother Teresa and she cared, nurtured, and supported people all over this world. She lead a simple life, but she did so much within it. Mother Teresa truly earned the title of Mother by dedicating her life to helping people in any way she […]
“Float like a butterfly sting like a bee.” Does this quote sound familiar? That is because this quote comes from one of the greatest boxers known to man. Muhammad Ali. In 19647, Ali refused to be inducted into the American army because of his religion, and was stripped of his heavyweight championship and could not […]
By 1500s, Christianity had immensely been developing in Europe. Therefore, Baroque religious arts played a key role in spreading the power of the Catholic Church for propagandistic purposes. Besides, the Catholic Church embraced the religious power of art to appeal piety and devotion. As a result, the role of the Pope was reinforced as the […]
The purpose of this essay is to analyze the worldview of the 4th century BCE philosopher Socrates through addressing four out of the eight Fundamental Questions of Philosophy: Condition, Solution, Morality, and Death as well as a critique on The Ultimate. Excerpts from The Last Days of Socrates by Plato, and Cassian Harrison’s documentary Empires: […]
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who was a victim of WW2. The Germans took the freedom away from the Jewish because of what they believed in. The Jewish couldn’t do anything fun such as theaters, cinemas, and other stuff such as entertainment. I’m going to be answering a few questions about the Holocaust. […]
Charlotte Brontë illustrates a coming-of-age plot through her work, Jane Eyre. From the time as an adolescent living under the roof of her relatives to her time as a married woman, Jane Eyre has had an ongoing conflict within herself. Due to the unequal treatment that she endures throughout her life, Jane continues on a […]
In Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett condemns the nature of men as futilely waiting for that which he has no control over and not having the free will to move on. The recurring references to Estragon’s predicament with boots, the comparison of Godot to God, and the main characters’ discussion on the tree always come […]
In Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett questions the nature of human existence on earth. The argument can be made that Beckett is examining the role of religious belief in society, and how it affects the human condition. Since humans will never know the true state of existence of a god or a higher power, life, […]
Catholicism was originally founded between the years 27 AD- 36 AD. At this time there was no other Christian denominations. If you believed in Christ, you were simply a Catholic. Deriving from the Greek word katholikos, the definition of Catholic is “universal.” This held true until 1054 AD when the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern […]
Malcolm X wasn’t the brightest kid growing up. After his father’s suicide and mothers incarceration, he began dealing drugs and was a rebel. He spent 10 years in prison as a result, where he committed himself to furthering his education. He became a part of the Muslim faith and began studying the works of Elijah […]
In the 1930s, the Great Depression that started with the stock market crash, caused people to reevaluate their definition of the “American Dream”. Steinbeck’s interpretation of the American Dream differs from the previous American Dream that focused on one’s motivation and drive to achieve materialistic goals. Using Taoism, Steinbeck redefines the materialistic and individual American […]
In this paper I will briefly discuss, as well as compare, the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas’s Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists. While these three articles may seem to share many commonalities, upon further research I was able to discover just how unique and intertwined they all they were. Now, […]
On August 28, 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial building, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a historical speech about humanity and equality of African Americans citizens. An estimated 250,000 people stood and listened to the civil rights activists as one of the largest civil rights demonstrations took place in America. The civil rights activist’s […]
‘Eveline’ by way of James Joyce, is an episodic story of a lively Irish young girl, and her venture to give up her cold and lifeless life to stay in splendid, super Buenos Aires along with her young sweetheart. Without any delay, if just she has the depth the make that soar and swallow her […]
Why is voting not important to me? While researching others opinions on why voting is not a must I ran across several reason on why we should not vote. I know everyone is going to say voting is the right thing to do. It allows your opinion to be expressed in a format that gives […]
Military might and conquest have always been attributed to heroes. Every generation has young people believing in past heroes and often set out to go to war in the name of echoing and promoting the values of one fighting for their nation or their glory. The epic of Beowulf comes out as an illustration of […]
