English 11 Midterm Exam With Latest Update 2024/2025 Questions & Answers

Socrates - ANSWER-Discovery through contradictory question. Plato - ANSWER-Intellectuals police workers (societal). Rational spirited and appetitive (personal). Democracy (of a sort). Aristotle - ANSWER-Golden mean. Confucius - ANSWER-Golden rule (different from christian). Rules for order in society. Can follow rules (external) or understand them (internal - li/ren). Li = concept often rendered as "ritual," "proper conduct," or "propriety." Originally li denoted court rites performed to sustain social and cosmic order. Ren = (meaning "humanity" or "humaneness") is the Confucian virtue denoting the good quality of a virtuous human when being altruistic. Ren is exemplified by a normal adult's protective feelings for children. It is considered the outward expression of Confucian ideals. People follow rules, leaders understand them.