Confucius Lives Next Door The term “Confucianism” is often regarded as a complex mechanism of social‚ political‚ moral as well as religious beliefs that have considerable influence especially upon the civilizations belonging to the East Asian countries such as China‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ North Korea‚ South Korea along with Singapore and Vietnam. With reference to the observation made by Reid (1999)‚ it can be viewed that a clear depiction about different principles and beliefs exists within the sphere
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Kong Zi or Confucius is a very famous man in China. In fact his ways are still being learned today. He was born at September 28 ‚ 551 B.C in Qufu‚ in a small feudal state of Lu in what is now known as Shandong Province. Confucius is an ancient Chinese politician‚ teacher and philosopher. He belonged in The Spring and Autumn Period or Period of A Hundred Schools or even some might say the Warring States period. Kong Zi’s philosophy is centered on personal and govermental morality‚ social relations
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Jacob Press 10/22/12 World Civ 1 Confucius essay Confucius was a philosopher‚ a teacher and a political figure. Confucius was born in 551 B.C. in Tuo‚ China. He founded Confucianism‚ which became a model for the way Chinese society developed over the centuries. Confucius died in 479 B.C. in Qufu‚ China. Today he is widely considered one of the most influential thinkers in Chinese history. Confucius was a poor descendant of a former ruling family who was kicked off the throne
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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ideas‚ but by the time Plato brings up the notion of a philosopher-king it’s thirty years after Socrates’ death and what the character Socrates says in the Republic is probably much more Plato than Socrates. This is also two hundred years after Confucius‚ so it may even be that the two are not quite so isolated from each other as they may seem. A couple interesting differences between the two become readily apparent. Plato thought that a true philosopher actually wouldn’t want to lead unless
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started wars for expansion and used their citizens’ lives as sacrifices. These egregious acts angered the people and created a need for new philosophies to help lead the people’s lives in
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Confucius and Socrates both have a very definite perspective of an person and how he/she should live their life. However these perspectives do differ in specific areas and that is what brings me to compare and contrast on both philosophers. "He acts before he speaks‚ and afterwards speaks according to his actions" (Confucius 2-13). Confucius says that we shouldn’t speak about what we don’t know‚ just as Socrates is known for saying "I am wise because I know nothing." Both of them seem to imply
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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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the topics of Confucius’ social and political philosophy. After finishing readings of this section‚ I would like to give reflections that mainly about Confucius’ view on governing and analyze the traditional culture and administration of our country. This essay will present my opinions about the merits and demerits of nowadays Chinese society’s government. First‚ let us deal with something that Confucius would say that Chinese society is currently doing well. According to Confucius‚ when the population
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The Three Philosophies China has one of the longest histories in ancient world history. As civilization developed‚ so did ideas about religion‚ knowledge‚ values‚ society‚ and the world. Three of the most famous ones were the Confucianism‚ Legalism‚ and Daoism. There are many different and similar ideas in these three philosophies. Confucianism has many characteristics and ideas for life and social order. It came from the teachings of a Chinese philosopher named Confucius‚ or Kongzi. His students
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