Neo-Confucianism holds that one cannot sit passively and wait for enlightenment, as the Buddhists do, but must __________.
a. Attend an approved Neo-Confucian academy for further instruction.
b. Serve in the army for a period of time in order to experience ‘real life.'
c. Manage a piece of property according to Mencian principles and at a profit.
d. Actively ‘seek truth through facts.'
d. Actively ‘seek truth through facts.'
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Adam Smith is usually regarded as the founder of __________ economic thought and policy, which favors a limited role for the government in economic life.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in American history
A) True B) False
Which country was banned from sending settlers to Manchuria, but permitted to send caravans to Beijing?
a. Korea c. Russia b. Japan d. Tibet
Boethius contributed to European civilization by
a. writing The City of God. b. rejecting philosophy for more pragmatic approaches to contemporary needs. c. translating into Latin Aristotle's treatises on logic. d. urging that philosophers abandon the classical tradition. e. helping to start the monastic practice of copying classical texts.