What "Modern" Idea Was Advanced by Confucius Over Two Thousand

question 41

Multiple Choice

What "modern" idea was advanced by Confucius over two thousand years ago?

• A) To the victor go the spoils.
• B) A virtuous government will sadly but inevitably make its people corrupt.
• C) Government depends on the will of the people.
• D) Barbarians must not be accepted but crushed by military power.
• E) Political democracy is the only form of government.

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