Tao Tzu and Confucius heavily agree on the social life‚ but their political views are different in terms of the use of the law in regulating the ruled and the education as a concept for knowledge acquisition. In Lao Tzu’s view of politics‚ all desires are shaped unnaturally‚ and behavior is spontaneously formed and controlled. Laozi advocated for the little interference of the normal way things happen in the world and discouraged competition and arguing. He stressed much on self-knowledge as the
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Confucius: The Ideal Person Ijeoma Ukwuoma REL/133 December 5‚ 2013 Joshua Scruggs Confucius: The Ideal Person According to Confucius‚ the ideal person must be educated and exhibit good moral character. This perfect person is the junzi which is translated as “superior person‚” but can also be translated as “noble person.” Confucius believes the virtues that guide the junzi should be practiced from childhood so that these virtues and ways of relating to the world come naturally. Some of these virtues
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Hammurabi ’s Code The Babylonian Empire was part of a dynasty controlled by the Semitic Amorites. Babylonia‚ under the rule of the Semitic Amorites‚ controlled Mesopotamia for nearly three hundred years. Hammurabi‚ one of the greatest kings of Babylonia‚ came to power stretching Babylonia ’s borders to the north‚ east‚ and south. Shortly after becoming king (1792-1750 B.C.E.)‚ Hammurabi created a code of two hundred and eighty two laws based on the saying‚ "eye for an eye‚ tooth for a tooth".
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Confucius stressed that a harmonious society can be created through the practice of Li. Discuss how this is possible by using the Five Relationships concepts. What is the Five Relationships? * In Confucianism‚ it’s between superior and inferior person. They are ruler – subject‚ husband – wife‚ father – son‚ older brother – younger brother‚ and elder friend – younger friend. * Each has a formal responsibility to carry out toward the other. The husband has responsibility for li toward his
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essay will explore the differences between Hammurabi’s code of law and laws from the book of Exodus. The laws were similar but had their true differences when it came to punishments. Hammurabi’s code consists of laws that mostly deal with commercial transactions‚ slavery‚ marriage relationships‚ and theft. These laws contained “if” statements and various types of punishments that were inconsistent. As for the book of Exodus‚ it was the total opposite. In this document‚ they describe the laws to be
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What was going on in the world when this document was produced was Hammurabi was using writings to turn different empires against each other while he was building up his army. Hammurabi was using his writing skills to take over more territory. Hammurabi was using the god Marduk to justify his actions and as the god of his empire. As Hammurabi was building his empire and transforming Mesopotamia‚ Egypt was starting to form and grow. Egypt was in the Pre-dynastic period and one of its civilizations
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Significance of the code of Hammurabi: The code of Hammurabi holds extensive list of laws that scholars to date still debate on how the Babylonians interpreted and lived by the code. The purpose of Hammurabi imposing these laws was to stipulate rules for commercial interaction‚ celebrate the wisdom of his rule and set punishment and fines to meet justice requirements. The significance of the code is the principle of Talion (an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth); which means that a person who has
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Anne Marie Dutkovic World Religions 212 Strayer University Beliefs and Description of Confucius of China Confucianism is known as the practice of virtue that emphasizes moral order‚ correctness of social relationships‚ justice‚ and humanity. The founder of Confucianism was Kong Fuzi or “Master Kong”. He is better known by the Western version of his name Confucius. He was an ancient Chinese scholar and philosopher born around 551 BCE. Confucius’s philosophies were not
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| Code of Hammurabi | The United States Constitution | | | Everything and everyone has a history. Things and materials do not just appear on this earth. They all have beginning. It’s very interesting to see where things got started. How we came to evolve to the way we are today. Everything is so interesting‚ but the thing that has caught my attention more is The Code of Hammurabi. According to Judith Levin‚ The Code of Hammurabi was discovered in the winter of 1902 and 1903 while digging
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