
- •15. Reveal the Confucian philosophical secrets
- •16. Have you ever got useful information from Buddhism?
- •17.Estimate the philosophy of Hindu
- •18. How do you appreciate the role of Plato’s philosophy
- •In Greek culture?
- •19.How do you appreciate the role of Socrates’ philosophy
- •In Greek culture?
- •20.How do you appreciate the role of Aristotle’s philosophy
- •In Greek Culture?
- •21.Are your materialist or idealist? Give your arguments.
15. Reveal the Confucian philosophical secrets
Confucius goal was not only to teach people the rules of conduct
and ethics, but also to restore peace and order in society.
Confucius taught that everyone, from the emperor to the common
people should know their place in society.
What did study Confucius? Exactly there is the main secret of
life and the sermon of this person. Confucius's pupils didn't
consider that he studied at someone concrete. The question at
whom Confucius studied interested his contemporaries that are
generally easily explainable: if he one of mystical teachers,
eremites and mediums who wander about China – he gains the
knowledge from the Sky. But if he is the ordinary person from
an impoverished aristocratic family – he has to have teachers.
But, certainly, Confucius had teachers. However the tradition
very strictly keeps this secret as it is secret of dedication of the
Teacher. He`s really passed at someone the most careful and
very strict training in priestly practice – the severity of approach
is visible in all its actions and statements concerning rituals.
Confucius, for example, can treat condescendingly unjust ruler
and even to the conspirator, and - never to the violator ritual.
A priest can`t tolerate the destruction of communication with
heaven.
16. Have you ever got useful information from Buddhism?
The Buddhism — religious philosophical doctrine about spiritual
awakening. Cause of human suffering are they, their attachment
to life, property, belief in the continued soul, is an attempt
to create the illusion of opposing the general variability.
Stop the suffering and attain awakening possible by breaking
attachments and illusions of stability through the practice of
self-restraint and meditation.
17.Estimate the philosophy of Hindu
Hindu philosophy isn`t mere speculation or guesswork. It`s lofty,
sublime, unique and systematic. It`s based tin mystic spiritual
experience, or Aparoksha Anubhuti. The seers, sages and
Rishis who had direct, intuitive perception of the Truth
are the founders of the different philosophical systems in India.
The different schools of philosophy are all based on the Srutis or
the Vedas, directly or indirectly.
The central concerns of the Hindu philosophers were
metaphysics, epistemological issues, philosophy of language,
and moral philosophy. The different schools can be distinguished
by their different approaches to reality, but all considered the
Vedas authoritative, and all believed that there is a permanent
individual self. They shared with their opponents a belief in the
need for liberation. They used similar epistemic tools and methods
of argument.
In contrast to their opponents, who were atheists, Hindu
philosophers could be either theists or atheists. Actually we
can observe an increased tendency towards theistic ideas near
the end of the classical period, with the result that the strictly
atheistic teachings, which were more philosophically rigorous
and sound, fell into disuse.
Because these views of the world differed, they had to be proved
and properly established. Accordingly, logical and
epistemological tools were developed and fashioned according
to the needs and beliefs of individual philosophers. Most
agreed on two or three sources of knowledge: perception and
inference, with verbal testimony as a possible third. In this
quest for philosophical rigor, there was a need for precision
of language, and there were important philosophical
developments among the grammarians and the philosophers
who explained the Vedas.