by Socrates and Euthyphro‚ Both Socrates and Euthyphro were in court‚ one facing charges on impiety the other‚ and the came to prosecute his own father. Socrates decided to have chat with Euthyphro regarding piety so that he can get points or to win the case against Meletus. Moreover‚ Euthyphro himself stated that he knows what is holy and unholy as Euthyphro was a man considered educated in religious affairs. Also Euthyphro claimed to be all wise‚ which would make him a Sophist‚ But Socrates made
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The discussion between Socrates and Glaucon in the story of the ring of Gyges is a response to a sophist named Thrasymachus’ idea of Justice in book one of The Republic. He made three central claims about justice: Justice is nothing but the advantage of the stronger. Justice is obedience to laws. Justice is nothing but the advantage of another. Thrasymachus’ “won” this argument against Socrates; however‚ Glaucon was not satisfied with these claims. The main theory of Glaucon in the ring of Gyges
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Confucius What kind of person was Confucius in everyday life? Focus on the following: his clothing and diet‚ his possessions‚ his pastimes‚ the company he kept‚ and anything else that is relevant. In everyday life Confucius was a relaxed and cheerful man who was constantly in search of new knowledge. He studied the Chinese Classics mainly focusing on the Books of Odes‚ History and Rites. In his spare time‚ however‚ he liked to relax in his manor. He was very picky with the people he chose to
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And the definition of joining these two words according to Green was: “to discover the true ground or justification for obedience to law”. Sophocles lifted this problem in his Antigone play‚ performed around 440 BCE‚ and Plato’s Crito recounts Socrates’ philosophical response to the
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Confucius is a self-titled biographical film/motion picture or biopic of the famous Chinese Philosopher. It comprehensively told the story of Master Kong’s (Confucius is a Latinized name) life story or at least the most historically important years of his life. The film began showing Confucius being invited by the ruler of Lu‚ talking about his principles on governance. He spent most of his time studying and teaching‚ gathering a large number of students around him. He was a political leader also
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In Socrates’ view‚ when illustrating a proper good man‚ it is important for a man to stand with his or rather her view against immorality despite the nature of the surrounding. According to him‚ it shall be a foolish idea to stay in a society with injustice and still assume everything is fine. His stance is depicted by how he illustrates the story of a boy who is warned by his mother about avenging the death of his friend. The boy is threaten by his mother that he shall die if he conducts the just
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Philosophy of Confucius For my essay I have decided to analyze the philosophy of Confucius as seen in The Analects or Lunyu (论语). I will be focusing primarily on what I have found to be the key components underlying Confucian ethics; Filial Piety (Xiao) (孝)‚ Ritual Propriety (Li) (禮) and Authoritative Conduct (Ren) (仁). These three moral concepts are integral aspects of Confucian role ethics; they develop as a counterpart to western philosophy such as Immanuel Kant’s ethics of duty and have remained
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man‚ try to emulate his example‚ and when you see a bad man‚ search yourself for his faults.’; That quote is one of the many morals stated by the ancient Chinese philosopher‚ Confucius‚ which we still live by today. The Wisdom of Confucius‚ edited and translated by Lin Yutang‚ takes the best things said and said about Confucius and put them into one three hundred page book. It follows his life‚ from his lowly birth in the small town of Tsou‚ to his death as one of the world’s greatest philosophers
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Most scholars tend to agree that the notion of a philosopher-king is not one that was necessarily native to Socrates. He was famous for deriding the democracy of Athens‚ and several of his students actually did overthrow the democracy for periods of time but they established an oligarchy and a tyranny‚ neither of which Socrates had any interest in being involved with. He seemed to see his role as critic‚ not as critic‚ not leader by any stretch. Of course‚ his ideas undoubtedly informed Plato’s
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The Confucius Institute Andrea Johnson March 30‚ 2014 CUL 220 Professor W. Lee McCorkle In recent years the Chinese government started the government funded Confucian Institute and made Chinese teaching available to countries and universities which otherwise would not have been able to afford it. Confucian Institutes all over the world teach the language and culture of the Chinese people‚ as well as providing a program that could change the way students relate to China. The name
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