When Socrates meets Confucius Emotionales versus Rationales: A Comparison between Confucius and Socrates ABSTRACT Socrates regards rational knowledge as the decisive factor of human life and even ascribes all virtues and moral actions to it‚ thereby stressing the ‘rationales’ of ethics. In contrast‚ Confucius regards kinship love as the decisive factor of human life and even grounds all virtues and moral actions on it‚ thereby stressing the ‘emotionales’ of ethics. Therefore‚ we should not
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Ideal Person-Confucius Smith-brown‚ Della REL/133 Jul 01.2010 Donald Savell Ideal Person-Confucius “Moral character of the ruler is the wind; the moral character of those beneath him is the grass. When the wind blows‚ the grass bends.” (Kenyu 12‚ 19). He focuses on the real world and provides guidelines for how people should live their lives. (www.mythencyclipedia.com) Morality was the most important subject for Confucius. His goal was to create gentlemen who carry themselves with grace
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Analect II (1-21) In this particular analect‚ I believe Confucius is talking about the government. Confucius’s writings suggest that a ruler should govern with a straightforward style that consist of principles of goodness and morality. For example‚ in II (1)‚ he says "he who rules by moral force is like the pole-star‚ which remains in its place while all the lesser stars do homage to it." In this I believe he is referring to the north star in the sky‚ which is always constant and never moving
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When Confucius met Socrates It is world-renowned that Confucius and Socrates are the top-ranking philosophers. They are both authorities in their own field of their countries. Nevertheless‚ there have been some arguments about the conflicts between the Chinese culture and Western thoughts. Speaking of the differences between the Chinese and the west‚ there must be some reasons for it. Initially‚ in my book‚ the conflicts stem from the different history. We all know that European civilization
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Virtue Title Page Virtue: Comparing the Views of Confucius and Aristotle: Bernadette C. Townsend Humanities 101‚ {019016} Fall 2005 Mini Session Strayer University Instructor: Professor David Allen Outline Virtue: Comparing the Views of Confucius and Aristotle; Confucius Social Philosophy This paper will explore and discuss the social and political philosophy of Confucius and Aristotle‚ the views on virtue. The paper will examine the craft and artistic accomplishments
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Teaching has been around for ages‚ just how a mother teaches her child to act (to follow all orders and rules). Two of the first actual teachers in history were Confucius and Herodotus. Confucius was a renowned‚ Chinese philosopher and teacher who created the 5 classics: Book of Odes‚ Book of Documents‚ Book of Changes‚ Book of Rites‚ and the Spring and Autumn Annals. Each book taught emotion‚ spirituality‚ and history. Herodotus traveled from one territory to another gathering information on the
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Bergeron Wendy Wang Sep‚ 23/2013 Quotes: (w/pg#s) or paraphrased summaries w/pg#s quotes Response: question‚ comments-opinions‚ connection‚ prediction (2-5 sentences each) 1. ……said Hazel‚ “I’d have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion” I don’t know what does this line mean‚ but why would she only have chimes on Sunday? This quote is a T-W quote. This quote means that what Hazel will do when she was the handicap general in Harrison
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most powerful of them used more harmonious means of leadership. “Confucius Counsels the Duke Ai on Government”‚ “Cyrus the Great and Religious Toleration”‚ and Thucydides’ “Funeral Oration of Pericles” are examples that rulers who value peace and kindness towards their subjects are the greatest and strongest. The governments and leaders in the ancient world who possessed the qualities of tolerance‚ peace‚ and generosity created
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Kelly Carter Checkpoint: Eastern Religious Philosophy Quotes Jason Chang 05/25/2011 The first quotation that I would like to discuss is Buddhism: Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was a great figure because one day on a trip to the city‚ he discovered that many people with in the city were suffering. He wanted to know why people had suffered that way they did so he chose to leave his life of luxury‚ abandon his family and live in the woods as one of them for several years. When doing he so he
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English External: 91098- Analyze specified aspects(s) of studied written text(s) supported by evidence. Quotes to be used Bath: • “Difficulty arise as it had last time she bathed she would have some way of rescuing herself” • “Now seemed more like the edge of a cliff with a deep drop below into the sea.” • “She leaned forward feeling the pain in her back shoulder.” • “Faster‚ her breath came more quickly‚ her mouth war dry.” • “She began to call out but as she had predicted there was
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