who is also known as Confucius‚ to understand and learn his teachings of how to become a gentleman‚ or superior man as Confucius said. It also took a couple of more years for his students to interpret those teachings and entirely understand them in order the live a moral and ethical life of a gentleman. During that time it meant everything for a man to bring honor to his family‚ to serve to their society‚ to live and follow morals and the rituals. In The Analects of Confucius‚ translated by Chichung
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can be unfair and prejudicial to certain people. Even though they are two different time periods and places‚ Ancient Mesopotamia and 1900s Mississippi had very strict laws that were unfair to people of certain classes or colors. Both the Code of Hammurabi of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Jim Crows of Mississippi were similar in that they were very harsh and had extreme punishments. These punishments were used differently
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Women’s rights were now protected by the Hammurabi code‚ when previously any rights women had were not protected by a written code and could easily be challenged or put up for interpretation. Hammurabi’s code left no room for interpretation. Although the main role of married women living in ancient Babylon was to have children‚ especially boys to be heirs‚ they did enjoy rights granted by the Hammurabi code such as the right to divorce their husband‚ a revolutionary right
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The Origins and Organization of Hammurabi’s Code Questions Sohum Dalal‚ Pd. 1 1. What did Hammurabi gain by issuing a law code? A: The Hammurabi Code probably helped Hammurabi maintain order and a basis of peace in his regime. The laws were limits and constraints on his people to follow in order to maintain a peaceful and orderly society. 2. Is Hammurabi’s Code a reflection of life in an urbanized society? A: It seems as so. The laws pertain to markets‚ merchants‚ and small businesses and
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Confucius’ political mind -------Education and feeding Confucius‚ who is also honored as Master Kong‚ is considered to be a master‚ a sage by people in China and even around the world nowadays. Yet‚ back to the years when he was alive‚ he was no famous man. Confucius was born in the state Lu. And by the sixth century of the Zhou dynasty‚ the state and other states around was in rapid decline with warfare fighting
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‘The North London Book of the Dead’ is a comic story about the vital and dead sides of London written by Will Self in 1991. The story begins with the death of the narrator’s mother‚ after that he experiences depression and hallucinations of her. Suddenly‚ he see his dead mother alive. The uncanniness of this story lies in the nature of the term ”uncanny”. There are great number of definitions exist that are used for explaining the word. The term came from German ‘Unheimlich’‚ the antonym to Heimlich
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which are created by Confucius and Laozi. Confucius promotes a hierarchical and moral society while Laozi promotes a non-class and simple life. Although they are two contradictory propositions‚ they still have one consistence set of values‚ that is they all claim to go back and rebuild the lost Golden Ages. Confucius advocated going back to an ideal society where people all following propriety. This is shown in the text when Duke Jing of Qi asked Confucius about governing. Confucius responded‚ “Let the
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The Book of Dead and the Ten Commandments The Hebrew Ten Commandments and Egyptian Book of the Dead are considered very different religious texts. Therefore‚ in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy‚ the Ten Commandments hold a vital position in the ethical system of Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. It served as a symbol of God’s guidance and presence with his people ("Ten Commandments"). Ten Commandments is much important than the book of dead because there’s no life after deaf. Firstly‚ The
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THE TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS Confucius Confucius was born about 551 BC. with the family name K’ung. The respect he gained for his teachings led to his being referred to as Grand Master K’ung — K’ung Fu-tzu. The Western version of his name comes from this. He said that at fifteen he bent his mind to learning‚ and he continued to express a deep admiration for learning throughout his life. Confucius married at 19‚ his son being born a year later. Subsequently he had two daughters‚ one of
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The Book of the Dead and the Rottgen Pieta both represent the main themes of death and afterlife. The Book of the Dead is a manual for the afterlife and the Rottgen Pieta is meant to induce emotions. Although the Rottgen Pieta from Germany conveys death through its content‚ the Book of the Dead from Egypt represents what its culture thinks of death and the afterlife better than the Rottgen Pieta. To begin with‚ the Rottgen Pieta also known as Vesperbild‚ is from the middle Rhine Region‚ Germany
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