indoctrinating Christianity into their constructed idea of self; The east without psychologists or therapists had Confucianism to make sense of life. Philosophy like religion has a main objective that aims to explain what we experience within our reality; maintaining an undertone of contentment with the inevitable fate of death. We will first look at the two schools of thought within Confucianism. There is the idealist perspective that we are naturally good with social influences corrupting
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The Analects written by the philosopher Confucius was written during the Warring States Period. Confucianism has influenced many East Asian cultures around the world. Confucius created the analects to illustrate his opinion on the government. Confucius way have permeated every sector of China through government‚ education‚ and daily moral behavior. Confucius believed that every relationship had a role to play out as if everyone was a character on a stage and this phrase illustrates the philosophy
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The Chinese people have three main traditions in their history- Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ and Buddhism. I am going to be talking about Confucianism and Taoism. Both of these date back to the Sixth Century B.C. The traditional founder of Taoism is Confucius and Laozi. On top of many other things Confucius was a very influential speaker. Throughout time‚ his teachings‚ and preaching developed into a religion. He spoke to a wide variety of people.<br><br>Daoist tend to look back to Laozi as their founder
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being heard‚ and they played a major impact on the belief system that many people currently have. China‚ India‚ and Greece were major regions in which these crucial philosophers resided in. Two of the most important philosophies at that time were Confucianism and Taoism. Contrary to the popular belief that Taoism was founded by the famous man named Lao Tzu‚ it was not. However‚ Lao Tzu played a major role in the philosophy of Taoism. He was well known around China for his wisdom and was a Taoist philosopher;
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different philosophy from different areas yet hold striking similarities. The two source documents for this paper are “Meditations” by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and “Analects” by Chinese philosopher Confucius‚ both of which represent Stoicism and Confucianism respectively. These two works were chosen for this paper due to their similarities concerning subjects such as self-improvement thought self-judgment and parallels of what a good person is in order to rule as good leader. Aurelius was trained as
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Law and Government: Confucius Although most think so‚ Confucianism is not a religion. Instead‚ people should consider it to be a moral guideline for civilized societies. Simply put‚ Confucius was arch-conservative‚ anti-women‚ and pro-autocracy. However this isn’t entirely what his code is based on. He believed in family. “Confucius’s view of the state and society should function like a family: The father was the undisputed head‚ each person had his or her special rights and duties‚ and the wisdom
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Bennett 1 Sydney Bennett Dr. William Hedberg PAR 125 November 19‚ 2012 Writing Assignment #2 Confucius is one of the most important Chinese philosophers of all time. He taught his thoughts‚ which eventually formed a religion now known as Confucianism‚ throughout the city-states of China. After his death someone published the thoughts and conversations of Confucius in order to continue his teachings. There were also other thinkers that Confucius taught who continued to spread his teachings.
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5 Great Relationships in Confucianism Confucius believed that a perfect society was one where each member of society would be protected and taken care of. A society where no one felt abandoned. He believed that each person had a social role and that this type of society could be achieved if people played their roles properly. In Confucianism there are 5 great relationships. They are father-son‚ elder brother-younger brother‚ husband-wife‚ elder-younger and ruler-subject. Confucius believed
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John Powers Classical Chinese Philosophy Confucius Term Paper A Reflection on Confucianism Confucianism teachings focus on three socially critical topics. These aspects are woven into the Confucian teachings called The Analects. The Analects can be broken down into the four main parts of focus‚ humanity‚ or Jen‚ word-deed‚ propriety and the superior man. These Analects are primarily concerned with the personal‚ and government morality of the people in a given society‚ the correctness
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When people find that their world has become foreign and strange to them‚ they tend to react in one of two ways. They either try to change the present to match a time in the past when things were alright in their minds which is known as being a reactionary. While others will try to push for new change to solve the problems in the present which is known as being a revolutionary. In the Spring-Autumn period of China‚ 722-481 BCE‚ many people were finding themselves in this position as order seemed
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