Philosophy-Confucius The Analects Book 12

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In his analytics , Confucius is arguing for the point of propriety , the virtue of a superior man , and for faith . This will argue with Confucius in each of these elements , and show how these elements intermingle with each other like a supporting system

Tsze-kung asks of the following three , what may be dispensed with Military , food , and support or faith in the state 's leader . At first the master says that of these three it is military that man can

do without if he is to do without one of them . Thus , there is significant importance placed on the remaining two . One must then consider what it is the military does for the state . In accordance to certain rules , the military protects the state . In this protection there is the force it represents to opposing armies as well as hiring men and paying them in to serve , thus the military adds a support for family life through employment . However , in the focus of peace keeping techniques , sometimes an army is not always necessary (I think this is what Confucius is stating in an example , India survived with peace movements with their leader Gandhi . Gandhi did not use military techniques in to bring together his country he simply used the force and will of his people 's faith in him to move the mountains he wanted to in for India to survive . Thus , when Confucius says that of...