leaders made a promise when they are being coronated. They make a vow wherein the ruler promised to love‚ thrive and die for his or her country. In history‚ great rulers represented someone who did the impossible and left a legacy such as Hammurabi‚ Confucius‚ Ashoka‚ Alexander the Great and Augustus Caesar. These leaders had most of the qualifications of a great ruler because they are examples of someone who had internal and external qualities such as generosity‚ great leadership and someone who
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Confucius ________________________________________ The Life of Confucius Of all eastern philosophers‚ Confucius‚ born in 550 B.C.‚ is considered the greatest. His teachings are foundational to Asian cultures. His writings‚ The Five Classics‚ the collection of ancient Chinese literature‚ and The Four Books‚ a collection of Confucius ’ and his disciple ’s teachings‚ was for centuries the standard curriculum for Chinese education. Confucius ’ teachings and biography were written many years after
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The Analects of Confucius From what I can tell‚ the Analects is the telling of Confucius philosophy on a variety of subjects through a conversation with a few philosophers. It seems Confucius advocates behavior that showed obedience and respect for superiors. He indicates that older family members‚ Catholics‚ and community leaders are superior. He also says that superior people are responsible for those who are not superior. Many of Confucius teachings center on how important family is and how
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According to tradition‚ Confucius was born in the state of Lu (present-day Shandong Province) of the noble K’ung clan. His original name was K’ung Ch’iu. His father‚ commander of a district in Lu‚ died three years after Confucius was born‚ leaving the family in poverty‚ but Confucius nevertheless received a fine education. He was married at the age of 19 and had one son and two daughters. During the four years immediately after his marriage‚ poverty compelled him to become a sevant for the chief
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philosopher‚ Confucius‚ which we still live by today. The Wisdom of Confucius‚ edited and translated by Lin Yutang‚ takes the best things said and said about Confucius and put them into one three hundred page book. It follows his life‚ from his lowly birth in the small town of Tsou‚ to his death as one of the world’s greatest philosophers. The book also shows his ideas and beliefs on such subjects as education‚ politics‚ and music‚ subjects still evident in modern day society. The book is mainly
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an article about the Egyptian Book of the Dead on the Ancient History Encyclopedia website. Mark is a writer and scholar who has lived in Germany and Greece‚ traveled through Egypt‚ and now lives in New York with his family. He is an editor‚ co-founder‚ and a director of Ancient History Encyclopedia. Mark’s article tells about the history of the Egyptian Book of the Dead and its spells. In 1895‚ Ernest Alfred Wallis published his book‚ the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis
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For this assignment‚ we’ll compare the Code of Hammurabi and the Torah in regards to the laws both documents established. First‚ please follow the steps below: 1. Go to the online search engine‚ the Bible Gateway (www.biblegateway.com) 2. In the Search box‚ enter the keywords “eye for eye.” 3. Select Old Testament. Please use the New International Version of the Bible. In this assignment we are interested only in results from the books of the Pentateuch or the Torah‚ Genesis‚ Exodus
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Philosophy of Confucius For my essay I have decided to analyze the philosophy of Confucius as seen in The Analects or Lunyu (论语). I will be focusing primarily on what I have found to be the key components underlying Confucian ethics; Filial Piety (Xiao) (孝)‚ Ritual Propriety (Li) (禮) and Authoritative Conduct (Ren) (仁). These three moral concepts are integral aspects of Confucian role ethics; they develop as a counterpart to western philosophy such as Immanuel Kant’s ethics of duty and have remained
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Confucius and Plato Confucius and Plato were two of the most respected and widely known thinkers. There philosophies of how people should be governed‚ what characteristics make for a good leader‚ and other thoughts have influenced many aspects of the ancient and present world. Confucius and Plato’s ideas have benefited their own civilizations and later civilizations‚ and they both shared many similarities and differences in their ideas. First‚ Confucius‚ a Chinese thinker and the founder of Confucianism
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The Analects of Confucius‚ a collection of sayings and ideas of Confucianism‚ was compiledby the followers of Confucius mostly in the form of dialogues. The last chapter‚ “[Emperor] Yao Said‚” is the briefest chapter in the book. One school of thought holds that it is just a collection of leftovers. I come from the school of thought that the last chapter concludes Confucius’s theme of politics as well as philosophy with an inseparable connection with the other chapters in the analects. Politics
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