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Differences in Western and Chinese Thinking: Progress

Another widespread conviction in Chinese thought, on that contrasts especially with early Indian thought, is the belief that life in this world can be improved. Achieving a golden age in this world was possible.

Differences in Western and Chinese Thinking: Cosmology

At the cosmological level all the major philosopical schools in China shared ideas related to ancestors and heaven discussed in the last chapter. They also shared an underlying assumption that the cosmos came into being on its own without a creator of the sort so important in most western thinking. Insteasd of focusing on mechanisms that set things into motion, whicha are important where there is an assumption of a creator, these thinkers emphasizied the organismic interconnections among all the constituent parts, stressing relationships and concurrences much morethan causes.

The Mandate of heaven

He (Mencius) reminded rulers of the Mandate of heaven, telling them to their faces if they did not rule well, heaven would bring it about that their people would rebel and oust them. He made it the responsibility of rulers to see to it that their people had enough to eat at every meal in good years and could avoid starvation in bad years. ...
A ruler who did not fulfil his rople properly, Dong (c179-104 BC), would directly disturb the balance of heaven and earth, causing floods, earthquakes and other natural calamities.sexcam

Session on openArchive and openAccess publishing

I participated this morning in the IAALD meeting, especially in the session on openAccess publishing, highlights:

Meeting of tne "Content Management" Taskforce of the AGRIS initiative

Present at the meeting were LM Alvare, M Hailu, H Besemer, N Maliha, C Addison and Johannes Keizer.
Main decision was to draft TORs for the Taskforce.
It was decided to introduce a Blog for communications of the group.

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Impressionen von der Demonstration fuer die Befreiung von Giuliana Sgrena

150 zu Contessa tanzende Studenten unter Regenbogenfahnen. Das ist ungefaehr so konsistent wie Che Guevara auf einer Friedensdemonstration. Aber zumindestens nicht klaeglich.

Alle Voelker wollen den Frieden, keine Regierung - das ist Ausdruck der Klaeglichkeit der Linken.
Sie ist petulante geworden.

Dann schon lieber: Ridate ci Giuliana, vie diamo Berlusconi...

Publication of the first Core Ontology for Fishery Knowledge

Verhaeltnis Deutschland Amerika

Womöglich ist das für Altatlantiker ein noch schlimmerer Schock als für die jetzt in Deutschland regierenden 68er. Joscha Schmierer, ein Freund Joschka Fischers aus linksradikalen Tagen und mittlerweile im Planungsstab des Auswärtigen Amtes, erklärt es so: Der klassische Nachkriegs- und Nato-Atlantizismus hat die Vereinigten Staaten immer bloß als Stabilitätsgaranten betrachtet, er hat „nur das ordnende Moment im Blick gehabt und das revolutionäre übersehen“. George W. Bushs Amerika aber ist keine Status-quo-Macht mehr, sondern eine Kraft der Veränderung, ein weltpolitischer Unruhestifter.

Le ragioni della coppia

Nel modo di vivere una relazione c’ è una grande varietà possibile. Anche una relazione intensa può esistere senza convivenza basata solo su incontri singolari. Anche vivere insieme può avere tanti significati diversi. Una volta sposarsi significava promettersi di stare insieme per la vita, oggi? Gia nel regime della separazione dei beni... c’è l’annuncio che si potrebbe anche dividersi nel tempo. Progettare una vita insieme è molto di più di una relazione di amore. E’un contratto. La fine della relazione sentimentale costituisce anche la rottura di questo contratto.

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