“I divided each soul into three -- two horses and a charioteer; and one of the horses was good and the other bad”
Who is Plato?
100
Gentleman, in Confucius’ tongue
What is junzi?
100
“Warfare is the greatest affair of the state”
Who is Sunzi?
100
truth and falsity depend on your point of view
What is relativism?
200
31 May 1838
Who is Henry Sidgwick?
200
“The heart of compassion is the sprout of benevolence”
Who is Mencius?
200
Ritual, in Confucius’ tongue
What is li?
200
“the good of any one individual is of no more importance from the point of view (if I may say so) of the Universe, than the good of any other”
Who is Sidgwick?
200
we can’t know answers to philosophical questions
What is skepticism?
300
28 September 551 BCE
Who is Confucius?
300
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions”
Who is David Hume?
300
Filial Piety, in Confucius’ tongue
What is xiao?
300
“Great understanding is broad and unhurried”
Who is Zhuangzi?
300
many ways of living are equally valuable
What is pluralism?
400
4 February 341 BCE
Who is Epicurus?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
(double points if correct; double penalty if incorrect)
“Perfected people use their minds like mirrors, not welcoming things as they come or escorting them as they go”
Who is Zhuangzi?
400
Confucius’ hero, who abdicated the throne to his nephew.
Who is the Duke of Zhou?
400
“believe that God is a living being immortal and blessed”
Who is Epicurus?
400
government should be “by the people”
What is democracy?
500
372 BCE
Who is Mencius?
500
“Nameless unhewn wood is but freedom from desire”
Who is Laozi / anonymous Primitivists?
500
Confucius’ Birth City
What is Qufu?
500
“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations”