Sophocles vs. Confucius
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Sophocles
496 BCE – 406 BCE
Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus.
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love."
Confucius
550 BCE – 478 BCE
Confucius (551 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and politician whose teachings profoundly influenced East Asian thought and culture.
"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very e…"