Group Work on I and Thou, Tao Te Ching,� Republic,� Nichomachean Ethics, and Analects
Break up into small groups.
Delegate one or more members of your group to
(1) prepare a summary of your
group's discussion and
(2) make a list of your group's
members.
Make sure each member of your
group has a copy of your answers (for use on the next quiz).
Discuss your answers to the following questions.
1. Compare Confucius, Aristotle, and Lao Tzu on overdoing it.� What are the advantages and disadvantages of their views?
2. Compare Confucius, Plato, and Lau Tzu on what sages/philosophers should do
when they find themselves in a corrupt society. ��Which one seems most prudent?� Why?
3. Compare the beginning of the Tao Te Ching to the beginning of I
and Thou.��� What does either (or
what do both) suggest about how to live?�
Nov. 26, 2012
Michael Kagan , Le Moyne College,
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