lunes, 26 de noviembre de 2007

Analects Books 4, 5, and 6

Tonight I wasn't able to read very far before I stumbled across something worthy of writing about. It was while I read the introduction to Book Four, where it describes the "supreme virtue of Goodness, and those who are Good love the Confucian Way". I misread the word Goodness and took it for God, and it wasn't until I realized that God had nothing to do with Confucianism that I had to re-read it and understood my mistake. However, what was interesting about this accident was the fact that it made me realize just how similar the words Good and God are. It made me wonder if the word God comes from Good. Now, I don't know about time periods, order of events or translations, but it would make sense, seeing that the Church has always described God as the most virtuous being, a noble and generous superior, although a thorough examination of certain Bible parts have made us realize that this is not always so. It is curious, though. Perhaps it is some kind of subliminal message.

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