Chapter 5 class notes

Classical  Era is knows for : Seminal Ideas

Big 5+1

1. Confucius born in China

• 500 B.C
• (Analects) He did not write himself.
• Mandate of heaven 
• Not a system of religion
• Still relevant in China today
• Social Stability 

    2. Siddharta Gautama (Buddha)

• He was born a prince
• 500 B.C
• Born in India 
• Religion = Hindu roots
• Widely practiced today in China/Asia
• Enlightenment, anyone can achieve within their lifetime
• social change

    3. Hindu (Not an individual)

• Caste System
• (Priests,Warriors, Merchants, Peasants, Untouchables, Outcasts)
• System of religion
• Goal: Enlightenment
• Social Stability 
• Still practiced today

  4. Socrates

• Greece (Humanist)
• Did not write a book (Plato)
• No religion/System of philosophy (rational inquiry)
• 400 B.C living/teaching
• Still practiced today
• Tend to social change
• (Classical Greeks) 100 year period flourish thoughts (humanist)
• Philosopher king

   5. Jesus

• Born 0
• Roman Republic/Empire (Emperor at the top)
• Roman Republic 
• 300 B.C - 400 A.C (Anti Memorchical) 
• TIRED OF KINGS
• Religion
• Still practiced today
• Didn't write his own material
• Social Change
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