their technical skills according to the Oxford English Dictionary) is not an unfamiliar word to Chinese people (lived in Mainland China) with the great progress in Chinese education now. The exploration of the development of Liberal Arts Education in a China (China here politically refers to Mainland China) context will be the theme of this essay. It is an important issue because more and more Chinese Students tend to go abroad or go to Hong Kong to receive Liberal Arts Education (There are 51.6%
study of Comparative Literature carried with it a sense of transcendence of narrowly nationalistic. The term was used loosely, but was associated with the desire for peace in Europe and harmony between nations. Central to this idealism was that comparison could be done on mutual basis. World literature is the circulation of national literatures beyond their national borders and it is the field of study that Comparative Literature investigates. This indicates that world literature and comparative
Herder’s view on poetry is that it is proteus in nature, that is, it changes form according to the peoples’ language, customs, habits, according to their temperament, the climate, even according to their accent. Thus the art of poetry changes not only among different nations’ but also within one people. He also speaks about how poets are to be compared. According to him, poet’s art should be compared with respect to the producer. Everybody assesses and ranks poets according to his favorite notions
ailments has prominently figured in ancient manuscripts such as ‘The Rigvedas’, ‘The Bible’, ‘The Iliad’, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Sushrtsanhita’.The History of Herodotus’. The ancient Chinese were using drug plants more than six centuries ago. They were the pioneers in using plants as valuable source of medicine. There are numerous Sanskrit writings which explain the usage, collection and isolation of drugs from plants. The Assyrians, Babylonians and ancient Hebrews were all familiar with the use
of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste. The word aesthetics is coined from the Greek word ‘aesthesis’ meaning ‘perception by the senses’ Hvattum (2010). The original intention of the word, according to Greek translation has little or nothing to do with art. As such, it is used in modern English as a noun, in the sense that something can appeal to the senses. Since the meaning of the word
The practice of medicine has vastly developed since the beginning of its time. Dating all the way back to the ancient eras of the Chinese, Babylonians, and Greek traditions, there have been undeniable medical advances that have grown from these building blocks of well-being. These advances and traditions over time have established the way healthcare is practiced across the globe today. Modern medicine can be exemplified in a scientific and technological approach, called allopathic, or it can be practiced
1. Introduction Confucius and Plato are the foundation of Chinese and Western-style education history; their thoughts have had a very profound and long impact for the formation of traditional Chinese and Western education. Through compared with Confucius and Plato’s ideas， we can see that all their thoughts with unique characteristics， but also the existence of similarities. Jaspers has concluded that: around the 6th century BC， is an "Axial Age"， then there were a series of great