How did the existence of patronage by rulers affect the development of philosophy in at least two specific cases?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Patronage affected the development of philosophy
1. Abundance of patrons enabled thinkers to travel and move
a. made for independence of thought and liberated political philosophy to criticize rulers
2. patrons had opinions and agenda of their own
a. Mencius found his patron, the King of Wei, interested only in schemes to improve military efficiency
b. the Chinese state of Chu supported the followers of Mozi against the Confucians
c. intellectual wars paralleled bloodshed between states
d. sages could be negotiators, debaters in political situations
1. The Veda contains fragments of sages' dialogues with kings, in which the kings sometimes out-argued the sages
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