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Confucius vs Socrates - What's the difference?

confucius | socrates |

As proper nouns the difference between confucius and socrates

is that confucius is western name of kong qiu (), an influential chinese philosopher who lived 551 while socrates is (greek philosopher).

confucius

English

(wikipedia Confucius)

Alternative forms

* K'ung-tzu * Kongzi * Kong Zi

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Western name of Kong Qiu (), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 .
  • (very rare) .

    • Derived terms

    * Confucian * Confucianism * Confucianist

    See also

    * Laozi

    socrates

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Socrates) (en proper noun)
  • A Classical Greek philosopher.
  • of mostly historical use.

    • Derived terms

    * Socratic * Socratic method * Socratic irony

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