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Slide 1: “Confucianism”
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Slide 2: “Historical Origins”
John: “Confucianism was founded by Confucius during the late 6th century B.C.E, a time of great political turmoil for China. During this time

Slide 3: “Confucius”
Richard: Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher who is given credit for founding Confucianism. He lived from 551 to 479 B.C, famously known as a wise teacher of models of social interaction. While his neighbours in India were obsessed with the big mysteries of existence such as the origin or the universe, god or the afterlife. Confucius was solely focused on everyday concerns. He responded to questions about afterlife with questions such as:?
“We don't know yet about life, how can we
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