These 5 people or places however you want to take them have come to be some of the most influential in regards to religion or beliefs. These 5 are China/Confucius, India/Buddah, Hindu, Greece/Socrates, and Rome/Jesus.
Confucius:
- Born in China around 500 BC
- Wrote the Analects (collection of work).
- He did not come up with a system of religion .
- His way of living was said to lead to social stability
- Born in India as a prince around 500 BC
- He was raised in the Hindu religion
- The main goal of Buddhism is to reach (Enlightenment)
- The difference with Buddhism is that anyone can reach enlightenment during their own lifetime
- This way of life lead to social change
- No individual created the religion of Hindu
- The main goal was to reach (Enlightenment)
- The way to reach Enlightenment was through the Caste System. (One can only move up a single spot within the caste system during their own lifetime).
- This religion lead to social stability
- Born in Greece around 400 BC
- He never wrote his own book. (Plato wrote a book based off the philosophies of Socrates).
- He never created a religion, but he did create "philosophy" (which is a system of rational inquiries).
- Philosophy was said to bring about social change
- It also started the Humanist movement
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- Lived during the Roman Republic/Empire (which brought about both an Anti-Monarchial and Empirical ruling).
- He created a religion that is still strongly practice
- He never wrote anything (his words and travels were wrote by others, which were combined into the Bible).
- His teachings brought about social change.
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