Monday, October 7, 2013
chapter 4 docs
I really like most of the quotes in The Analects. I like how a persons virtue is thought to be most important, even more important than wealth and such things that seem be a measurement of a successful human being. The problem I have with these quotes is that they are said to be what Confucius said, but Confucius did not write them down! These are what other people remember Confucius saying. This is a problem in the validity of the Analects I believe. People can easily reword things to make the sound the way they want or even leave words out or add words in that give the quotes different meanings. I like the quotes I just think they have some major weaknesses. The Bhagavad Gita is so interesting to read. I am not positive but I think it does not matter if you are killed or kill because only the body dies and the person is everlasting. I find Apology having more credibility than the analets. Even though both were not written by the person who said the words I think Plato was closer to Socrates and recorded his words at the time of his apology.
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