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This conflict can play out in any scale and genre. From [[Star Wars|Jedi versus Sith]] in their view of [[The Force]] and [[The Dark Side]] (Do you let it flow through you and enact its will upon the galaxy? Or chafe at the "chains" so imposed and bend it to your will?), to a doctor choosing whether to go on punishing themselves for every patient lost, insisting that they just need to work themselves harder to make themselves be able to save every patient, or admitting that no, they can not save everyone.
Expanding on the above, Harmony will believe that untamed nature, be it physical, natural or mental is preferable and that [[Status Quo Is God|mankind should not try to dominate or change the environment in which it finds itself]]. It believes that doing so is [[Pride
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* [[All Work vs. All Play]]: All work is discipline, where all play is harmony
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]
* [[Elves vs. Dwarves]]
* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]]
* [[Enlightenment Superpowers]]
* [[Flesh Versus Steel]]
* [[Fur Against Fang]]
* [[Heaven and Hell]]
* [[Ludd Was Right]]
* [[Mother Nature, Father Science]]
* [[Magic Versus Science]]
* [[Order Versus Chaos]]
** Alternatively, Order could be either Harmony or Discipline, with Chaos off in another dimension.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]
* [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]]
* [[Science Is Bad]], [[In Harmony with Nature|Nature Is Good]]
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]
* [[Technician Versus Performer]]: One contestant is good because he worked at it (Discipline), another because it seems to come naturally to him (Harmony).
* [[Un-Equal Rites]]
See also: [[Magic From Technology]], [[Magitek]], and [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]].
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* The path of the [[Martial Pacifist]] requires both Discipline and Harmony. In fact, this path to Harmony requires Discipline to follow. Many martial artists would view this trope as a [[False Dichotomy]]. Removing either facet can lead to a variation on the [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]].
* Many religions teach love, harmony, and acceptance. It takes true discipline to reach the point where you love your enemy as yourself.
* In [[Watership Down]] Cowslips warren is a [[Utopia Justifies the Means|Utopia]] of the extreme of harmony with no Chief Rabbit, no need to forage, and no struggle to
* On [[Firefly]] Simon is an example of Discipline. Though as it happens it is possible to kill him ''nothing and nobody'' can break him and River only melts him. Kaylee is an example of Harmony, with her love of everybody and her love of Serenity(an odd example of "harmony" being represented by a machine and it's mechanic). River too, represents Harmony the way she loves to dance, and mistakes a gun for a leafy twig. Mal of course, is the epitome of Discipline, as his resolve is made of iron.
* In [[Chariots of Fire]], Eric is more Harmony, though he as a good streak of discipline as well. Harold is the extreme of discipline.
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