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| Embody certain virtues and you will be said to have good character; choices one makes will be different on a case-by-case basis |
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| Morality is judged by adherence to rules/duty |
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| Maximize utility - aka maximum happiness, minimum suffering |
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| action, prosperity of the soul, highest good |
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| function; if something performs its ergon well, it has arete (excellence) |
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| concerned with DOING - i.e. being courageous |
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| rational principle that is present only in humans |
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| practical wisdom; excellence of deliberation, i.e. knowing the best way to act in a given situation |
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| theoretical wisdom; contemplation of nature, man studies and investigates things without desiring to change them; contrast to action |
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| friendship; there are three kinds: utility, pleasure, and "true" friendship |
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| no action; central idea of the Daodejing |
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| "chi" - try to focus your chi through acts like tai chi; through this physical cultivation reclusive Daoists get a longer life |
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one of two great epics of Hindu tradition, of which the Gita is a part;
the Pandaras vs. the sons of Dhritrashtra - Ds won Ps' land in a a dice game but agreed to give it back after the Ps endured a period of exile. After the period of exile ended the Ds still aren't giving the land back, so there's a war. |
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| an incarnation of the supreme god Vishnu |
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| Vedic tradition - the Rig Veda was an old collection of sacred hymns; replaced by upanishadic monism (the idea that everything is connected) |
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| wandering; process of reincarnation |
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| personality, self, what makes you you |
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| reality, the external world |
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| you must perform your sacred duty and noone else's |
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| live through performing good action, rebirth into a good life |
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| take no action, no rebirth |
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| knowledge: know that the soul is separate from nature and that it is immortal. Knowing this, you can detach yourself from grief and fear. |
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| action: take action without attachment to the fruits of action |
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| devotion: god is great, god is our innermost self |
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| renunciation vs. relinquishment |
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renunciation is just inaction, which leads to a life governed by dark inertia.
relinquishment involves taking action but relinquishing attachment to the fruits of action. |
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| a strand of material nature lead by joy and knowledge |
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| a strand of material nature lead by craving, attachment, and action |
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| a strand of material nature lead by ignorance and laziness |
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