Culture and Religion

It is interesting how the Chinese and the Greeks thinkers focused more on the affairs of the world and credited human rationality with the power to understand the reality. But the Indian, Persian, and Jewish intellectuals explored the unseen realm of the divine and the relationship of God or the gods to human life. In order to solve Chinas problems they had three answers. The first answer was the Legalist answer which was to lay the rules or laws, and strictly enforced through a system of rewards and punishments. Second answer is the Confucian answer. The answer to Chinas disorder was the moral example of superiors was the key to social harmony. Lastly the Daoist answer. Daoist answer focused on the withdrawal into the world of nature and encourage behavior that was spontaneous, individualistic, and natural. I think that from all the answers I would take all three of them and apply them because they are all good and would help restore a country.
In the Buddhist and Christian Religion I found interesting that neither the Buddha and Jesus had intentions on founding a new religion. Jesus never claimed divine status and saw himself as a teacher or a prophet, whose close relationship with god could be replicated by anyone. The Buddha viewed himself as as an enlightened but fully human person.