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    The document discusses the fable of the blind men and the elephant and the importance of taking a holistic perspective rather than a partial point of view. 1) It asks questions about whether the blind men in the story had the correct understanding based on only touching part of the elephant, and defines a holistic perspective as looking at all parts and how they are connected versus a partial point of view focusing on only one part. 2) It notes the poet was trying to say that religious conflicts arise from only looking at things from one's own limited perspective rather than considering other views. 3) It provides an example of a holistic perspective as listening to both sides of an argument before making a conclusion,

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    The document discusses the fable of the blind men and the elephant and the importance of taking a holistic perspective rather than a partial point of view. 1) It asks questions about whether the blind men in the story had the correct understanding based on only touching part of the elephant, and defines a holistic perspective as looking at all parts and how they are connected versus a partial point of view focusing on only one part. 2) It notes the poet was trying to say that religious conflicts arise from only looking at things from one's own limited perspective rather than considering other views. 3) It provides an example of a holistic perspective as listening to both sides of an argument before making a conclusion,

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    The document discusses the fable of the blind men and the elephant and the importance of taking a holistic perspective rather than a partial point of view. 1) It asks questions about whether the blind men in the story had the correct understanding based on only touching part of the elephant, and defines a holistic perspective as looking at all parts and how they are connected versus a partial point of view focusing on only one part. 2) It notes the poet was trying to say that religious conflicts arise from only looking at things from one's own limited perspective rather than considering other views. 3) It provides an example of a holistic perspective as listening to both sides of an argument before making a conclusion,

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    Activity 1:

    1. Didi anyone among the blind men give the correct answers? why o why not?

    -Yes, by touching each different parts of the elephant.

    2. In the context of the elephant story, what do yo think is a holistic perspective? What is a partial point of
    view?

    -Holistic part for me is they looks at each component part and how it is connected with one another and
    partial part for me is the view founded on the component part or parts.

    3. What is the importance of holistic perspective is as pointed out by the poet John Godfrey Saxe?

    -That you are not looking at one spot or angles, you must touched each body parts and different angles.

    4. In the last stanza John Godfrey Saxe related the legend to the religious wars during his time. What do
    you think is John Godfrey Saxe trying to say in this poem?

    -The poem shows the effects of the different perspective, observations and bias.

    Activity 2: Distinguish holistic perspective from a partial point of view. Give a concrete example.

    -Holistic Perspective is comes from the Greek word holos which literally means all, entire, totality. It
    aims to determine and explainthe whole or totality of a given system by examining the behaviors and
    activities ofcertain component parts.

    Example: A teacher listens first to both stories of her two arguing students before making any conclusions
    about th issue

    -A partial point of view is a perspective thatlooks at reality based on a single or partialcomponent of a


    system whereas the holisticperspective tries to broaden the understandingof reality by taking
    considerations of otherpossible causal agents or factors.

    Example: A teacher scolds student A after student B accused him of stealing her pencil, However the
    teacher only listened to the story of student B and not to student A, before deciding to scold the student.

    Activity 3: Reflection

    I learned several things from the story and lecture. There might be some fact to what somebody
    says. We might not agree with it at first because we have our own reasons. But what we think might not
    be the absolute truth.

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