In comparing the evidentiary documents from Robert W. Strayer’s Ways of The World, the Analects from Confucius’ teachings, the Bhagavad Gita from the Hindu Scriptures, Socrates’ Apology, and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount teach similar values. In each example, the master, the deity, the inquisitor, and the teacher challenge the prevailing theories about life and virtue (pp. 199, 201, 203, 206). The key message is to find virtue by treating others with respect and to live more simply by denouncing material and emotional attachments (pp. 199, 201, 204, 205). These theories shifted from the traditional concepts and in turn, they influenced new styles of politics (p. 186).
For instance, in the Analects, Confucius encourages people to live virtuously,