the conflicts of other individuals in the household. He is very contemplative and rational throughout his conversation with Orgon. The scene starts off with Cleante telling Orgon that he (Orgon) is a goose for believing Tartuffe’s false piety. Then Orgon says to Cleante that he (Cleante) does not know anything about Tartuffe. Cleante says his judgment is not so weak that he can not tell Tartuffe’s effects on others. Orgon then starts to praise Tartuffe by calling him a “good” man and says
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Solomon Stoddard‚ who felt that the people of the English colonies were drifting away from their original religious purpose. First-generation settlers were beginning to die out‚ while their children and grandchildren often expressed less religious piety‚ and more desire for material wealth. Full membership in the tax-supported Puritan church required an account of a conversion experience‚ and only persons in full membership could have their own children baptized. Because the second and third generations
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he Summary of Euthyphro Socrates encounters Euthyphro outside the court of Athens. Socrates has been called to court on charges of impiety by Meletus Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father for having unintentionally killed a murderous hired hand. Socrates flatters Euthyphro‚ suggesting that Euthyphro must be a great expert in religious matters if he is willing to prosecute his own father on so questionable a charge. Euthyphro concurs that he does indeed know all there is to be known about
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Awakening of 1735-1745 was a reaction to a decline in piety and a carelessness of morals within the Congregational Churches of New England. Although the Great Awakening stimulated dramatic conversions and an increase in church membership‚ it also provoked conflicts and divisions within the established church. This striking revival of religious piety and its emphasis on salvation ultimately transformed the religious order of Connecticut. The decline in piety among the second generation of Puritans‚ which
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qualities that lead to conflict. People are divided into different grouping to form hierarchical relationships through set of rules and ceremonies‚ allocating everyone a position in the society with a form of corrective behavior. Filial Piety “Filial piety” (孝; xiào) is one of the greatest of virtues to be shown towards both the living and the dead. The term "filial"‚ meaning "of a child"‚ denotes the respect and obedience that a child‚ should show to his parents. This relationship was extended
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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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on a definition of piety. Euthyphro answers the first time that piety is “to do what I am doing.” Socrates does not like that answer at all and asks him to come up with another answer for piety. Euthyphro answers the next time that piety is “what is dear to the gods.” Socrates is still not satisfied with this answer because he states that even the gods cannot agree on things at times‚ so that definition cannot be true. Again‚ Euthyphro comes up with a third definition of piety that states‚ “If all
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pious loved by the gods because it is pious‚ or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" Socrates and Euthyphro discuss the nature of piety in Euthyphro. Euthyphro says that the pious is the same thing as what is loved by the gods‚ but Socrates finds a problem with this: the gods may disagree among themselves. Euthyphro then revises his answer‚ so that piety is only what is loved by all the gods unanimously. Socrates rises the dilemma about what pious is and do the gods love something because
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The article’s author writes‚ "Lucretius expounds the Epicurian view that the world can be explained by the operation of material forces and natural laws and thus one should not fear the gods or death.... Proof: all things require fixed seeds…. The impiety of Religion…. Death is nothing to us” ("On the Nature of Things [1910]"). The author
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In “On suicide” Hume examines whether suicide is always a criminal act. Hume states that “if suicide is a criminal act it must be transgression of our duty either to God‚ our neighbor or ourselves” (Hume‚ p.1). According to Hume‚ suicide is not always a transgression against God‚ our neighbor and ourselves‚ therefore suicide is sometimes permissible. A defender of impermissibility would argue that while Hume’s argument is valid it is not sound. After critically examining each premise one will find
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