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primal

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first; earliest

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tribal

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based in the tribe

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oral tradition

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no written language; spoken

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the dreaming

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  • archetypal (ideal) world
  • essential world
  • not a separate reality from the ordinary world
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Modern v. Primal

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Modern
-solid line between sacred and profane
- atemporal time (eternal now)
-sacred and profane
Primal
-ethics are taught in social settings
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totemism

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belief that spirits inhabits natural objects; physical things

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shaman

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person that can see spiritual world (early form of priest)

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vision quest

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go at puberty age

  • you go and fast in the forest
  • hope for a vision of a spirit animal
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smudge ceremony

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burns certain plants

  • sage
  • sweet gross
  • tobacco
  • cedar
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atman

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hindu version of a soul

- doesn’t die

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Brahman

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highest version of God

-doesn’t die

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Atman-Brahman

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our souls united with God

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Yoga

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hindu version of religion

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Bhakti Yoga

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love yoga

-shrink your ego with love

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Raja Yoga

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psycho physical; mind and body yoga

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Jnana Yoga

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yoga of knowlege

  • know the difference between
  • outer and inner
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Karma Yoga

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yoga of action

  • good deeds
  • unattached/ working for works sake
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Polytheism

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believe in many Gods

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Henotheism

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know there are other Gods; devote themselves to one

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samsara

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the word for reincarnation

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Brahma

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creator God

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Vishnu

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sustainer God

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Shiva

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destroyer God

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Ganesh

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elephant headed God
son of shiva
author of the Mahabarata

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vedas

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oldest sacred text in Hindusims

- are like God

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upanishasds

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“sitting by the teacher”

philosophical text

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krishna

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avatar of krishna

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avatar

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human incarnation of god

  • object of devotion
  • lots of stories
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Bhavadhad Gita

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in the mahabarata

about the war Krishna participates in

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Dharma

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laws of nature

-another word for duty

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karma

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what you do in this life will come back to you

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moksha

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freedom from samsara

-can only get there by shrinking your ego

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stages of life

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student
householder
retirement

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stages of life student

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live with a guru/ taught by guru

-celibate/moral

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stages of life householder

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family, children

-sex, family life and success

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stages of life retirement

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live in forest

-liberate yourself

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stations of life cast system

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Brahmin
kshatriyas 
vaishas
shudras 
dalit
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Brahmin

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priests

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kshatriyas

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elitist, sweatshop owners

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vaishas

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skilled laboreres; mechanics

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shudras

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peasants; unskilled laborers;

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dalit

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untouchables

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Ghandi’s political philosophy

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satyagraha

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satygraha

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Truth

-violence is opposed to truth

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Sikhism time origin

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14th century

-Hindus and Muslims are fighting

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sikhism was created by

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guru nanak

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waheguru

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sikh word for God

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48
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5 k’s

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kesh
kanga
kara
kachera
kirpan
49
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kesh

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keep long hair in devotions to God

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kanga

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comb (cleanliness)

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kara

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bracelet (reminder of faith)

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kachera

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special underwear (purity)

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kirpan

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dagger ( always ready to fight for you symbolically)

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4 noble truths

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life is suffering,
suffering is caused by selfish desires,
you can get rid of suffering by stop wanting things, and follow the 8 fold path

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arhat

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someone who reaches nirvana

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dharma

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the way the world works

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nirvana

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extinguish (your desires)

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asceticism

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living like a hermit

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the middle way

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between gluttony or asceticism

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3 characteristics of existence

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anitya
dhukka
anatman

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anitya

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impermanence

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dhukka

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suffering

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anatman

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no self or soul

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avaloketshavara

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Bodhisattva of compassion

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therevada

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" the ways of the elders"
little vehicle
southeast asia
exteremly individualistic 
wisdom is key virtue
can only achieve nirvana unless you are a monk
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Mahayana

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Tibet , napal, mongolia
emphasize compassion rather than widom
don’t have to be a monk to reach

67
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zen

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part of mahayana

meditation

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koan

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word puzzzle

gets rid of ego, let one get out of oneself

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zazen

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seated meditation

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satori

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one with everything

type of enlightenment

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rinzai

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sudden enlightenment using Koans

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soto

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sudden enlightenment

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Vajrayana

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diamond vehicle
cut through anything
uses tantra which utilizes the sense to reach enlightenment quickly

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mudra

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hand thing

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mantra

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a saying that you tell yourself over and over again

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mandala

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sand painting that takes weeks to make. you get rid of it to show imermanence

77
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life and historical content of confucianism

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chaotic warring states period

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legalism

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strict harsh punishments

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mohism

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universal love

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Taoism

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indiviudal relationship with nature

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Confucius criticism of legalism

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too pessimistic, people will probably rebel

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Confucius criticism of mohism

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too optimistic

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coinfucius criticism of taoism

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too focused on nature not human relationships

84
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solution to warring states problems

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create enlightened nobility to run the countyr

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chun tzu

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enlightened people can look up to

86
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analects

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key text of Confucianisms
morals to live by
collected saying of Confucius

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Jen

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benevolence, ideal way in which human being get along

-the most important aspect of human behavior

88
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li

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right behavior ; manners

89
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te

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power; moral power; influence of morals on others

90
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wen

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cultural arts

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impact on chinese culture

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education
manners
respecting elders
art

92
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key points in Confucianism

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individuality is unimoortant/ nothing without relationships

93
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lao tzu

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recluse (hermit)
donn’t know much about
wrote Tao te ching
lived int he time of confucius

94
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Tao te ching

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central text of Taoism

how to become a sage is in there

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sage

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wisemen

becoming one with nature is the main concerns

96
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ways of taoism

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way one : the Tao of ultimate reality (transcendent tao)
way two: the Tao of the universe (the way of the universe)
way three: Tao of human life

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3 different types of Taoism

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  1. philosophical Tao (goal: conserve chi)
  2. vitalizing Tao (goal: increase amount of chi)
  3. Religious Tao (goal: get chi through rituals and prayers)
98
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flow

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going with the flow or you get friction

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wu wei

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creative quitude

acting without acting

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naturalism

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become more natural

more in tune with how the world works

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yin-yang

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all things have two sides to it

opposite sides in everything there’s a bit in the other

102
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Taoist ethics

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be as ego less as possible

103
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Main difference between Taoism and Confucianism

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relationships is with humans rather than nature
tao te ching is poetic
analects are not

104
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metaphysics

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beyond physical

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epistemology

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how do you know what you know

106
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ethics

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what is good and bad

107
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ethos

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character

108
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aesthetics

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the study of beauty

109
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political philosophy

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ideal way to run a government

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Socrates

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Athenian

argued with sopshists

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socratic method

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asking questions

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dialectic

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exhcange of ideas that comes when people argue

113
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plato

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dualistic metaphysics : spiritual v. matter

-spirit is most real

114
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platonic epistymology

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we know because of reason

115
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ethics of plato

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being a philosopher/ asking questions

116
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political philosophy

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philosopher kings
then military
then peasants

117
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Aristotelian metaphysics

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focuses on material world

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Aristotelian epistemology

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you know through the senses

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ethics of aristotle

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virtuous; use the golden mean

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