The teachings of Confucius and the practice of Confucianism, no matter whether you believe it is a religion or a philosophy to living, offer many ideas to all people. Some Confucian ideas can be viewed upon as helpful and attractive to a non-Confucian, while other ideas will make absolutely no sense to the non-Confucian. It ...
Confucius, the famous writer and philosopher, left behind many words of wisdom. Here are some of his best quotes on everything from kindness to success to humility… What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. –Confucius Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness. –Confucius The cautious seldom err. ...
Many great political quotes of Confucius apply to Election 2008. Even though Confucius lived long ago, many of his great political quotes are timeless, and so are applicable to Election 2008. Here are my favorite Election 2008 applicable great political quotes by Confucius. “An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.” This ...
For those of us who have been educated in the Western tradition (nearly all of us), literature from the East can often be difficult to understand. One of the more difficult texts to understand is Confucius’ Analects. One of the things that makes the text so difficult to understand is that we Westerners tend to ...
In recent years the game of Mah Jong has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity on the internet and personal computers around the world. But the people happily clicking away on all those pretty tiles probably don’t realize that the game they’re playing is at least a hundred years old. It may, in fact, be significantly ...
Confucius and Socrates both have a very definite perspective of an exemplary 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). ...
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