The Wisdom of History

China and Empire (1x24)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Ιαν 01, 2007

Civilization rose in China independently from the birth of civilization in the Middle East. But like the Middle East, China throughout its history has chosen despotism over freedom, with Confucius's notion—of order flowing from above—as an ideal that persists, producing despotism even out of a revolution aimed at establishing democracy.