Chapter 4 culture and religion

Confucius:
-located in China
-Social harmony through moral example
-Concerned about order and place in social relationships 
-Had a lot of thoughts on leadership and what makes a good leader
-Mandate of heaven: if their is peace among the people that leader is the correct leader

Socrates:
-Located in Greece
-Father of philosophy
-Students wrote his ideas 
-Socratic dialogues 
-Concerned with nature of reality and knowledge is obtained through reason
-Style of persistent question 
-Explanations of human life and nature

Mohamed:
-Located in the middle east 
-Quran
-5 pillars of Islam
-Believed that religion and politics could not be separated 

Hindu:
-India
-Systems of gods
-Believed in reincarnation/ Karma was the pathway to enlightenment 
-Belief that when you die you are reincarnated into different levels of hierarchy: Priests, warriors, merchants, peasants, and outcasts. 

Buddha:
-located in India
-Nobel truth would end suffering
-Anyone can be enlightened and you do not have to die

Jesus:
-Bethleham 
-supreme importance of love based on intimate relationships with God
-Love, forgiveness, and heaven 
-Everyone could achieve heaven 


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