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Confucianism is a philosophy developed in 6th-century BCE China, which is considered by some a secular-humanist belief system, by some a religion, and by others a social code. The broad range of subjects touched on by Confucianism lends itself...

Painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg from 1810 CE depicting a scene from Norse mythology in which Loki is punished by the gods for his hand in the death of Baldr. A serpent is suspended above his head, dripping poison onto him, but...

A black-figure amphora depicting the punishment of Sisyphus - to forever push a large boulder up a hill. The three figures on the left are Hades (seated), Hermes and Persephone. 510-500 BCE. (British Museum, London)

Statue in red marble depicting the punishment of Marsyas, a satyr who dared challenge Apollo to a music contest. Marsyas lost and Apollo had him tied to a tree and flayed him alive. The statue was found at the Villa Vignacce in southeastern...

The punishment of the 50 daughters of Danaus who, for killing their husbands on their wedding night, must fill a bowl with water down in Hades - a task which never ends as the bowl leaks. (Painting by John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917 CE)

Mencius (l. 372-289 BCE, also known as Mang-Tze or Mang-Tzu) was a Confucian philosopher during The Warring States Period in China (c. 481-221 BCE) and is considered the greatest after Confucius himself for his interpretation, formulation...

A photograph showing one of the punishments of humiliation ordered by General Dyer following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of April 1919. Dyer insisted that all Indian men crawl along a certain street where a female British doctor had been...

Sima Qian (l. 145/135-86 BCE) was a court scribe, astrologer, and historian of the Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) of ancient China, famous for his historical work Records of the Grand Historian for which he is remembered as the Father of...

Author of the Dao De Jing: Lao Tzu This is the Stephen Mitchell English translation of the Dao De Jing (or Tao Te Ching).

The Upanishads , pure Vedic Spirituality , (audiobook) full translation of The Upanishads as it is ,no commentary. A reading of the Upanishads beautifully narrated.