According to Our Text, Confucianism

question 38

Multiple Choice

According to our text, Confucianism

• A) employs the concept of Dao as a synonym for God.
• B) may employ the concept of Dao for Ultimate Being, but it remains difficult to see just how "religious" Confucianism is.
• C) has no concept of Ultimate Being and so is not really a religion.
• D) cannot be discussed rationally.

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting that people seek immediate gratification to fulfill their desires and avoid pain, without considering the consequences.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that represents the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it realistically, as opposed to the pleasure principle.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, it represents the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.