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jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

To all the experts out there. This is a 3rd year college student's essay. I will only paste some of it as it is 9 pages long. Comments please. Also, can you guess the topic? I have spellchecked it a little.........

1. Outline
(1) The definition of contradiction
a. "Thing oneself contains both opposes the relations which and unifies to be called the contradiction." "The contradictory is unification and opposition." The concept of the contradictory contains two points need to grasp. First, the contradictory is "things contains themselves", It explained that contradictory is not person's consciousness imposes that outside objective things, the contradiction has the objectivity. Next, the opposition and the unification are two attributes of the contradiction.
b. The definition of "opposition". "The opposition" (struggle), is the attribute, the tendency which contradictory both sides repels one another, separates mutually. But, paying attention to these illustrations all is concrete, In the philosophy "the struggle" is summary not the concrete specific opposition or the struggle, but is to all specifically contradictory struggle general character. Moreover, the opposition and the struggle, which speaks in the philosophy, can't equate that in the political life. In the philosophy says the struggle concrete manifestation is diverse, struggle is only its one kind of manifestation in the political life.
(2) Basic principle and methodology
Two basic principles: a. The universality of contradictory
b. The unification and opposition of human society and nature.
The universality of contradictory principle including two meanings
1. "Contradictory exists in all things."
2. "Contradictory passes through in each incident all the time.
Methodology - - one divides into two
The universal principle requests us to persist in the method of one-divides-into-two, the doctrine that everything has two aspects, the integrity, namely persist in the contradictory analysis method of one divides into two. But its premise is acknowledging the contradiction. First, dares to acknowledging the contradiction and exposing the contradiction. Second, must be good at comprehensively analyzing the contradiction, persists in the method of one-divides-into-two, prevents one-sidedness.
2.The nature and social relations�� elaboration taking environment as carrier.
��1��The development of the nature and the social has the identity.
A. The nature and the society create mutually
a. The product of human society and the nature long-term development is a part of unified material world.
b. The human society never can leave the nature, cannot violate the objective law of the nature.
B. The nature and the society are mutually intermediary
The Earth ecosystem is a whole organic unification, the human society system and the natural system depends on existence mutually, the close relation, once the natural system is destructed, the human society also inevitably faces the crisis of the survival. Therefore, The harmonious coexistence between the human and the natural should be the ideal boundary, which we pursue. Although the law about the environment is formulates by human society, but the humanity who take highest of all creatures, in the legislation must persist in overall benefit from the ecology, take the overall benefit as the ultimate value, like this can fundamentally protect the environment, maintains the stability of ecology, also can protect humanity's overall benefit and the long-term benefits. Is a society's category, namely in the development specific stage of social, what is considered as the natural? How are nature and human's relationship? What form does the nature and the human's resistance also carries on? Thus, from looked the natural�� form and the content, the scope and the object, what should the natural mean? All these always restriction from the society." certainly, perhaps also should add on such speech to this, namely in turn, social is always a natural��s category. In a word, society has each shape in each time, also like a natural piece, which holds with the society, still not paused in the achievement entire reality common nature, which is widely penetrated by the manpower. The humanity, as the master of the Earth, since the day was born, there is close relationship with the periphery geographical environment. Humanity's life moves and produces the activity need to gain matter and the energy unceasingly to the environment, in order to survival and development by itself.
(2). The nature and the society progress repels mutually
A. About environment question, which cannot be avoided
The environment question of its essence is the relational question of human and the natural, from the system theory angle of view, is between the human society system and the natural system relational question. The human society system and the natural system closely relate in together, all constituted take the Earth as the central ecosystem. The human society is only an essential factor, and itself exists in the natural system, its must follow the general rule of the natural system; maintain the stability of the ecosystem.

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

mlomker · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 378

Well, it seems rather philosophical. I'm not sure if it is Taoism or Buddhism or something else, given the portion that you provided.

I don't doubt that the author is a deep thinker, but his English skills aren't there to express his meaning. You'll want to recommend simpler concepts, I guess.

ymmv · Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Posts: 387

jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

Good guess. The conflict between Nature and development. It was not me who gave the topic. Oh and Mytroll, all I'm trying to find out is whether this is gradeable by other's standards

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

I don't know why I am being attacked. If you don't want to help me then shut the f up!
I was given these essays to grade. All students in that class (3rd year) had to write it to pass. I did not instruct them on essay writing.
I feel that this is a piece of crap. The students all grab a dictionary, copy stuff from the Internet and concoct something like this. I feel that they should write these essays within their ability.

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

Yeah, sorry. Hung over. Do you have an opinion, then?

Voldermort · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 597

DistantRelative · Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 367 Location: Shaanxi/Xian

Jester Wrote:

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

Glad you all got that out of your system. I am new to this forum - not to China or to teaching. Thank you all for your positive input. Did not know I was dealing with a bunch of xenophobic incompetents. Is there anybody out there that would like to like to help me?

Voldermort · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 597

jester · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 111

Voldi, relax mate. No guanxi. Who do you think you are? I do not conform to "us" on these forums? Yeah I don't. Do you own China/these forums/a right to say what you think?
You know what? Forget about the essay already. I'm sorry I asked for help. As for insulting you - mate, I don't have the words. Look at the replies I got. What makes you so superior? Selfrightiousness is a disease.