I think I’m starting to realize why LeGuin dislikes power. It’s not just that the ability to do good goes hand-in-hand with the ability to do evil. Power also takes a personal toll on the one who wields it. Under Taoism you can only take as much as you give, and so everything has a [...]
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Power and Emptiness
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
LeGuin and the Golden Rule
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Do not do to other what you would wish others not to do to you.” -Alien to Dr. Haber in The Lathe of Heaven
Most religions and philosophies have some variation on the idea of reciprocity. The Christian version we were all taught in preschool reads, “Do unto others as you would have them do to [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the home of all my English theses thoughts for the next eight months. I’m a sci-fi geek, so I picked up Ursula K. LeGuin because I figured that was the only way I could swallow a 60-plus page research paper without wanting to shoot myself in the foot afterwards. As it is, maybe I’ll just cut [...]
