...Punctuality is a good quality. Punctuality is quite a kin to regularity. Regularity means working as per rules, regulations and programme of time. Punctuality means working as per the programme of time. Punctuality involves time factor. We are to see that we are working strictly according to the time fixed. This is punctuality. Advantages: If we be punctual, we can finish up our work at right time. Punctuality checks unnecessary wastage of time. Time is very valuable for us. We can save it only by punctuality. Time and tide wait for none. Seconds, minutes, hours and days pass by in right order. There is a maxim "We should hold the time by the forelock". If we be punctual, a single second of us will never go waste. The English men are very punctual. They put on wrist-watches to exercise punctuality. But we, the Indian put on wrist-watches only as ornaments for show. We cannot progress. If we do not be punctual. Punctuality helps us in our progress. It also saves money in other ways. There is a saying. "A stitch in time saves nine". So, if we take our food punctually, we will never be sick and so we will never have to spend money on medicines and doctors or to worry our near and dear ones in this connection. And this principle applies well in all other cases. Conclusion: Everybody should be punctual in his everyday life. Every students should make a habit of punctuality. The people who have become great in their lives are very punctual. Punctuality is the first condition...
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...1 Civilization What is meant by the term “Civilization” Kenneth Dutton EG 362 Humanities 2 Civilization What is meant by the term “Civilization” and how we characterize it? What role do the humanities play in this definition? The definition of civilization is an advance state of human society that shows high levels of culture, science, industry and the government have been reached. Specifically the state of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained. Humanities by definition is the documentation of human being through stories, paintings, religion and beliefs. The stories around the campfire, family heirlooms that come with a story, the journaling of our experiences and lives all become a form of humanities that is passed on to the next civilization after it. Humanities is shown through art and paintings, but does not stop there. The paintings not only tell a story in picture, but document the evolvement in skill of art with techniques and tools. The documentation of beliefs allowing for the development of religion organized societies, giving order or sense of normalcy in the burial of bodies and or praying to a god. In religion art made its presence through sculptures used in religious content. These definitions of humanities were...
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... like metals have only a superficial brilliancy. Compared with our wonderful progress in physical service and practical applications, our system of government, of administering justice of national education, and our whole social and moral organization, remains in a state of barbarism. The wealth and knowledge and culture of the few do not constitute civilization. Shaw has castigated our superficial civilization in words bitter but true. "Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality is an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by in experienced or mal-experienced dupes, our power wielded by cowards and weaklings, and our honour false in all its points." Crime and violence are inherent in our political and social system. "The poor are always with us" said Christ and the believer reconciled himself to his lot. But the time comes when it is asserted that poverty is man-made and stems from the inequity of the wicked system that obtains. The covert crime begets the overt crime. The biggest of all crimes that we associate with this civilization is the horror of war. War today is murder on a gigantic scale. At one...
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...Lord of the Flies In the allegory Lord of the Flies by William Golding, society was formed and collapsed due to savagery. To have a society, there needs to be complex rules, an established government, a leader and an organization of jobs. The boys on the island tried to build civilization but their natural instincts drove them to violent behavior. The boys try to make a set of rules and people have certain jobs, but the boys do not want to listen to the elected leader, Ralph. People had different schedules and priorities in mind which caused conflict and tension between the boys because nobody could agree. The boys who were considered the hunters turned to savagery because people were craving meat so the hunters were trying to capture a pig. Meanwhile, Ralph and the rational thinkers thought that having rules and a signal fire were the priorities. Over time, conflict and tension rose, and Ralph could not keep control. Without leaders to make rules and laws, people will turn to savagery to survive. Society could not to function properly if individuals were free to do as they wanted. Laws and rules play a crucial part in society because they keep people from wreaking havoc by causing violence. Rules make sure that there are limitations that are known and followed. When there are rules and laws, there is no need to fight to survive because every person has the same opportunities. No matter the similarities, people interacting with each other are going to be at odds. In non...
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...Early Civilizations Brittney Franzen There are many different reasons or forces that contributed to the make-up of cultural early civilizations. The first force would be the forces of nature and it is natural environment. The factors of this would be climates and seasonal changes. This is important force factor for early civilization because this force affected the people of the early civilization for clothing and food such as game and wild plants. These people were nomadic which means that they would follow the herds of game for their survival. The geographical features also were a major part of the early civilizations because they need to be able to protect themselves from others that may challenge them and their civilization. For example the people of Ancient Greece were in different city states and would challenge each other for territories for farming and other needed resources from the land. The mountains and seas were a major physical land features that would protect them from one and other. But this also in turn created different cultures and civilizations throughout Ancient Greece. So there were many different views that varied from group to group. An example of this would be social societies, religious views, structures, and civilizations altogether are different. The social society would be the government or rulers, merchants, slaves, and priests. The different social classes such as higher classes being the dictator, priests, or other people of the...
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...Joanne Jones Professor Jacqueline Ortoleva HUMN-302 August 31, 2011 Early Civilization The history of early civilization can be seen throughout our society in many ways, even today. From inventions such as the cotton gin and the printing press to the start of industrialization. These inventions can be associated with music, fashion, graphic design, and interior design. This is the history of early civilization that continues to impact and play a major role throughout our society today. This assignment relates to my major Audio Production in a few different ways. For example, the pressing of album art and compact discs would not be possible if it were not for the Paleolithic people painting and drawing on walls in caves. In turn this lead to other forms of expressions such as, written word and period art pieces. Also, musical influences from earlier civilizations, cultures, and regions can still be found throughout all music genres today. It has been stated that there has been a discovery of handmade instruments in caves that could be traced back to the pre-historic time period (Whipps). In closing, there are many things that can be seen within our society today that has been influenced by earlier civilizations. From our music to art and the ways in which we communicate, these influences can be seen everywhere. Without these influences the world, as we know it, may not exist. Works Cited Whipps, Heather. "Turns Out, Cavemen Loved to Sing." Msnbc.com. Msnbc.com...
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...Within the scope of this research, we will discuss the suggestion that social problems are socially constructed. In other words, this means that any problem our society at large experiences is actually brought about by this very society. There are numerous societal issues that could be used to prove this, however, within the scope of this research, we will focus on the problem of drug abuse. Drug abuse can definitely be considered a socially constructed problem. There are those who argue that drug abuse is primarily a medical or biological problem; however, after close elaboration and research, it appears that it is a social problem that we have to deal with. Drug abuse is also a problem that is socially constructed. People who abuse drugs cannot find other alternative to this behavior – this means that society at large is not flexible enough to provide equal opportunities for all of its members. Another important thing to consider when we suggest that drug abuse is socially constructed problem is that certain parts of our society actually contribute to the growing number of abusers, especially when it comes to teenagers. Take the movie industry, for instance. There are numerous films out there that show a person on drugs as a hero; they do not say that drugs are good explicitly, but the overall message from the film is that the particular hero is good, and if he/she is using drugs, it is OK for other people to do the same. This means that this particular part of the society...
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...In Giles Milton’s novel, Samurai William, the reader is taken to the other side of the globe to experience the history of old world Japan. Though out the book, Milton provides reason for complex historical events and actions, while still communicating the subtleties and mysterious customs of the Japanese. The novel also closely examines the wide range of relationships between different groups of Europeans and Asians, predominantly revolving around the protagonist, William Adams. The book documents the successes and failures that occur between the two civilizations, then links them back to either the positive or negative relationship they have. As the book goes on, the correlation is obvious. Milton shows us the extreme role that religion, etiquette and trade played in establishing positive relations between visiting Europeans and the Asian civilizations. Religion and traditions played a chief role in the Europeans relationships in Asia all throughout the novel. Milton puts an incredible weight on the shoulders of religion on both sides of the civilisations. The book dives right into explaining the fascination and disgust felt by European priests and Jesuits towards the Japanese monks. They carried rosaries like the Catholics and “in old age, many retired to Buddhist monasteries to live the rest of their days in prayer and contemplation”. The Buddhist All-Souls Day consisted of the ceremonial sprinkling of graves with flower petals. All of this appealed to the Catholic Jesuits...
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...The definition of a civilization according to Huntington is a cultural entity. It is the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of cultural identity people have short of that which distinguishes humans from other species. It is defined by common elements such as: language, history, religion, customs, institutions and the self identification of people. Civilizations may include a large number of people or a very small number of people. They may include several Nation States or only one. They can blend or overlap and even include sub civilizations. Huntington's definition of a civilization matches up well with what we have learned in class. Civilization's are complex and civilizations are dynamic. They rise and fall, and divide and merge. They have many characteristics which include: urban revolution, distinct religious culture, new political and military structures such as bureaucracy, new social structures based on political power, the development of writing and the development of war complexity in material sense. Huntington divided the world into seven other civilizations, Western, Latin American, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu and Slavic-Orthodox. He said that Africa was only a possible civilization. Huntington said that “people's religious and cultural identities will be the main source of conflict in the post- cold war world” and there will be conflict between Western Civilizations and Islamic Civilizations because of seven main reasons...
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...Brave New World Lately there has been a lot of buzz in the media about the oppressive regime that President Obama is running. The government of Brave New World is miles ahead of where our government is at. In Brave New World Huxley drawls a comparison between civilized society and un-civilized society by using themes of God and emotion. This story compares our everyday life to a bran new life where the government has molded people to be exactly what they want. This novel is very interesting but is written in a very harsh and depressing tone. In Brave New World everyday life as we know it is completely changed. humans are taught to hate books, flowers, and the wilderness. Sex is considered a great thing that everyone must do as this quote explains “Everyone belongs to everyone else .” Being exclusive with someone is considered a horrible thing, you must be with more than one person at a time. People are not taught how the world used to be, they have no idea about parents, families, and making your own choices. For this novel alone time is golden time. As disturbing as this novel is could it be reality? Huxley wrote Brave New World how he sees our society to be is real life. He feels our government is too controlling over our everyday life. In this novel I got the impression that Huxley feels our government tells us what to and what not to do or like. In this novel there is only one person who has actually grown up in what our opinion of normal is, and that is the savage...
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...Savagery in The Lord of the Flies William Golding’s novel ‘The Lord of The flies’ presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island, left to try and retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes. At the opening of the novel, Ralph and Jack get on extremely well. We are informed Jack, “shared his burden,” and there was an, “invisible light of friendship,” between the two boys. Jack changes considerably throughout this novel. At first he tells us, “I agree with Ralph we’ve got to have rules and obey them,” This shows us that at the beginning of the novel, just like Ralph, he wants to uphold a civilised society. We are also notified, “Most powerfully there was the conch.” As the conch represents democracy we can see that at the beginning of the novel the boys sustain a powerful democratic society. This democratic society does not last very long as the children (especially Jack) have a lack of respect for the conch and the rules. We can see this when Jack decides, “We don’t need the conch anymore, we know who should say things.” As the conch represents democracy we can see that civilisation on the island is braking up and savagery is starting to take over. We can also see a brake up in society when Jack says, “Bollocks to the rules!” Here we can see that Jack contradicts himself while managing to diminish the assembly and the power of the conch. Golding...
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...Slavery is cruel, destructive. Against human rights. But it is also an extremely simple concept. It has endured the centuries, side by side with the human race. It is based on the principles of one specific race or ethnic group, being considered inferior to another and is therefore captured and used for labor. Our earliest civilizations have made huge profits of it. Look back in history and recall the Ancient Egyptian civilization, a huge fountain of knowledge, culture and religion for everything there is today. What comes in mind first when we hear: Egypt? Pyramids, Pharaos and instantly slaves. They were the ones who had built the pyramids, the great libraries of Alexandria and they were the country’s strongest workforce. Until the day Egypt crumbled under the might of the Roman Empire it was the most powerful and influential civilization on earth. Here I turn to Rome. Rome, a brilliantly shining metropolis of teaching, knowledge, arts, entertainment, wealth, power. Everything came together in Rome. But if we look back in time at the days where Rome was still an evolving community at the banks of the Tiber River, we see, what really made Rome. It wasn’t just the young and glorious Romulus, but a horde of Northern Italian barbarians who had been captured by his followers and were used to build houses or homes as slaves. And going forward again, we see that it wasn’t the glorious legionnaires that built the astonishing aqueducts, Coliseum, Circus Maximus, the great baths, the...
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...gives me a simple answer, "Earth is the land surface of the world". Why do we call society "society"? Based on my knowledge, the society consists of people with a lot of companionships; we are grouping a big association, that is society. Then, what is family? Dictionary offers this definition: " a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head". So my question is if these elements are separated, can we still call them earth, society, or family? Let's go and find the answer on culture system. Culture system is created by human beings. Through thousands of generations, finally, people form and adopt their own special and traditional custom. We call this stuff "culture system". After that, with the development of civilization, there are two opinions. They are independent or dependent culture system. Independent system means people prefer to fight alone; they have their own life, and they live far away from their family. Dependent system means people would like to stay with their family and share their happiness and sadness. For me, I prefer to stay with my family. The reasons are family is a group: We cannot be separated, we take care of each other as a duty, help each other without any payback, and give each other the loyalty suggestions.(Thesis) First of all, I am the member of the family. I can be individual, but, I think to be individual is a way of practicing myself. I heard a lot of experience and principles from my parents, but I never tried by myself...
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...Clash of civilizations script What Huntington thinks * in his hypothesis he thinks that today’s world has actually come to a period where the age of ideology or economically has ended. * Instead he says that the primary source of conflict between nations and humankind will be cultural and religious. That nation states will remain the most powerful actors in world affairs but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations ad even groups of different civilizations * Huntington also suggested that the main reason of world politics tend to be conflict between western and non-western civilizations Why civilizations will clash * differences based on history, language, region, religion, tradition and culture are more fundamental and stable that other differences between people. And these fundamental differences are product of centuries so they will not disappear anytime soon * The world is becoming a ‘smaller’ place and as a result interactions across the world are increasing which intensifies ‘civilization consciousness’ and the awareness of differences between civilizations and commonalities within civilizations * Due to economic modernization and social change, people are separated from longstanding local identities. Instead, religion has replaced this gap, which provides a basis for identity and commitment that transcends national boundaries and unites civilizations. * The growth of civilization-consciousness is enhanced...
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...Human World Views The Influences of Asia, Africa and the Americas toward Contemporary Society September 13, 2015 The progression of morality as it relates to the influence of family, religion and society varies between Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Our contemporary society has been influenced tremendously in many different areas by these different societies. Social order in Asia was established by Hammurabi’s Code of Laws. Hammurabi himself was an Amorite king of Babylon, he set these laws to place order in Babylon. Hammurabi’s lex talionus explains that the punishment of a crime should be equal to what crime has been done, these laws are described as “an eye for an eye” and “a tooth for a tooth” (Levack, B., Muir, E., & Veldman, M. (2004).). Hammurabi’s laws were set up for various issues including civil and criminal issues. Though due to one’s social status, laws for free people and laws for slaves were different, but they still held on to the same concept. Hammurabi code of laws helped to mostly shape our justice system. His laws were clear to understand the offenses being committed and consequences that were to be issued. This is present in our society because when one commits a crime or murder they suffer from the consequences in the jail and prison systems. Most of the time when a murder is committed the initial punishment is life in prison or retaliated with death by lethal injection, an eye for an eye. Our current law system is heavily influenced by Hammurabi...
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