Hunter Holthaus
The seminar today was full of different ideas and opinions on chapter forty eight of the Tao Te Ching. I believe that we all did a great job on discussing the topics and creating a great Socratic seminar environment that people could easily put their input in and build off each others ideas to gain a better understanding of the text. For the most part people were able to talk when they wanted and the discussion was not too heated that participants would be intimidated to speak. Something that I thought I did well on was getting the points that I wanted to make out on the table so others could think about them. I thought that I could have brought more to the discussion but I didn’t want to dominate it so when I thought that I had a good idea I waited for a place to politely put it in and I did. I enjoyed the Socratic seminar today and I believe that I gained a much greater understanding of the Tao Te Ching.
The Tao Te Ching connects to everyone’s lives and the entire world in some kind of way. It’s a book full of philosophy and principals that help people to live a better life. We all follow Tao Te Ching because we are all human and it talks about human nature and how it works and what humans should do to become in harmony with the world. In chapter forty eight the Tao Te Ching states that the world is ruled by letting things take their course, it cannot be ruled by interfering. I think what the Tao Te Ching is saying here is that you cannot control the world and that the world and all living things in it will do what they do naturally. You are never going to be able to have complete control of everything in the world so do not try, just live you’re life
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You did a fantastic job in seminar. I wanted to make sure you knew I recognized that!
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