After reading Chapter 3 and the material at the websites, and viewing the videos, please make a 250-word initial post that answers the following questions about the primary sources:
What values do Plutarch and Confucius promote? What similarities and differences do you see in their moral and educational philosophies? How are those similarities and differences related to the history and structure of their respective societies and the problems of creating a common elite class culture to govern far-flung empires? What are the values that Plutarch and Confucius stand for? What are the similarities and differences between their ideas about morals and education? How do these similarities and differences relate to the history and structure of each society, as well as the difficulties of creating a common culture for an elite class that rules across a large area?
primary Sources:
Website: Confucius, Analects – http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html (read Section 1 Parts 1 & 4 and Section 3 Parts 13 & 15)
http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html
Website: Plutarch: The Training of Children, c. 110 CE – http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/plutarch-education.asp (read 1-2, 8, 10-11, 17-18) – essay writers
