I thought that section “H” from the reader in Chuang Tzu’s part was very interesting and related to the tree section we talked about in class. In the tree section, we talked about how the lack of perfection of the tree allowed it to live a long peaceful life rather than being cut down and …
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Censorship in China: Patriot Act
As I was scrolling through Netflix looking for something to watch, I stumbled upon the show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.” This show is very reminiscent of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” or “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.” I decided to take a look at the episodes to see if there was anything …
Revenge in “Flame”
When I was reading “Flame” not that many scenarios stood out to me as different than in previous stories that we had read. I found the situation of revenge and presentation very comparable to today’s society. We tend to “put on a show” to those around us especially through social media. Nimei was experiencing the …
Incarceration, Christianity, and Black Bodies
I went to the lecture featuring Dr. Douglas, Dr. Jett, and Dr. Logan on Tuesday night because I am in Dr. Bauman’s class that is associated with the lecture series. We had the opportunity to have dinner with the speakers beforehand, and it was really nice to have personal one on one conversations with them. …
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Class Discussion and Reading of “Flame” and “Chuang Tzu”
The transformation of things paragraph is interesting. Is he really a butterfly dreaming or himself dreaming he is a butterfly? It makes us question what reality is really. I also like how in section A they talked about beauty. It reminded me of the Tao Te Ching poem on the perception of beauty. What I …
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Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism
While exploring the different philosophies that we have studied so far I immediately found myself drawn to the beliefs and morals of Daoism because they represented an ideal life of peace that begins with an inner sense of morality shared by everyone. I noticed that almost everyone has a similar opinion and idealizes this philosophy. …
Selections from Chaung Tzu
Out of the selections that we were reading from Chuang Tzu, I found selection “E” quite interesting. The selection was about the tree that was known as the town shrine, that had no good uses. The carpenter in the story said about the tree “It’s a worthless tree! Make boats out of it and they’d …
Use of Metaphor in Language
Throughout this reading, as well as past ones, I have been surprised at the amount of metaphors that these ancient philosophers used. All of their teachings seem to be up for interpretation by the reader. This was interesting to me, because in some other more convoluted speculative texts I have had to read for other …
Class discussion 9/24 good and evil
Is the survival instinct selfish? Do we cooperate because we have a desire to help people? We can start this discussion with the terrible twos. Nature and nurture play a role in our sense of good and evil. We are testing our limits and seeking attention when we are two. We are learning and being …
The Higher Life and Greater Self 9.24.19
In this section in the book it talks about wanting to be able to have everything, meaning we all don’t get everything we want. It say’s “I like fish, but I also like bear’s paw, but if I can’t have both at the same time, I will forego the fish and eat the bear paw”. …