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| 5004124977 | Ahura Mazda | In Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world | 0 | |
| 5004140686 | Angra Mainyu | In Zoroastrianism, the evil god, engaged in a cosmic struggle Ahura Mazda | 1 | |
| 5004154512 | Aristotle | a Greek polymath philosopher; student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great | 2 | |
| 5004181071 | atman | the human soul, which in classic Hindu belief seeks union Brahman | 3 | |
| 5004253321 | Ban Zhao | a major female Confucian author of Han dynasty China whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking of women | 4 | |
| 5011230310 | Bhagavad Gita | A great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of caste duties as a path to religious liberation | 5 | |
| 5011230311 | bhakti movement | An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity | 6 | |
| 5011230312 | Brahman | The "World Soul" or final reality in upanishadic Hindu belief | 7 | |
| 5011230313 | Brahmins | The priestly caste of India | 8 | |
| 5011230314 | Buddhism | The cultural/religious tradition first enunciated by Confucius, advocating the moral example of superiors as the key to the element of social order | 9 | |
| 5011230315 | Confucianism | The Chinese philosophy first enunciated by Confucius, advocating the moral example of superiors as the key element of social order | 10 | |
| 5011230316 | Confucius (Kong Fuzi) | The founder of Confucianism; an aristocrat of northern China who proved to be the greatest influence on Chinese culture in history | 11 | |
| 5011230317 | Constantine | Roman Empire whose conversion to Christianity paved the way for the triumph of Christianity in Europe | 12 | |
| 5011230318 | Daodejing | The central text of Daoism; translated as The Way and Its Power | 13 | |
| 5011230319 | Daoism | A Chinese philosophy/popular religion that advocates simplicity and understanding of the world of nature, founded by the legendary forgive Laozi | 14 | |
| 5011230320 | Filial piety | The honoring of one's ancestors and parents, a key element of Confucianism | 15 | |
| 5011230321 | Greek rationalism | A secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the power of education and human reason to understand the world in nonreligious terms | 16 | |
| 5011230322 | Hinduism | A world derived from outsiders to describe the vast diversity of indigenous Indian religious traditions | 17 | |
| 5011230323 | Hippocrates | A very influential Greek medical theorist; regarded as the father of medicine | 18 | |
| 5011230324 | Isaiah | One of the most important prophets of Judaism, whose teachings show the transformation of the religion in favor of compassion and social justice | 19 | |
| 5011230325 | Jesus of Nazareth | The prophet/God of Christianity | 20 | |
| 5011230326 | Judaism | The monotheistic religion developed by the Hebrews, emphasizing a sole persona God with concerns for social justice | 21 | |
| 5011230327 | Karma | In Hinduism, the determining factor of the level at which the individual in reincarnated, based on purity of action and fulfillment of duty in the prior existence | 22 | |
| 5011230328 | Laozi | A legendary Chinese philosopher of the sixth century B.C.E.; regarded as the founder of Daosim | 23 | |
| 5011230329 | Legalism | A Chinese philosophy distinguished by an adherence to clear laws with vigorous punishments | 24 | |
| 5011230330 | Mahayana | "Great Vehicle," the popular development of Buddhism in the early centuries of the Common Era, which gives a much greater role to supernatural beings and proved to be more popular than original Buddhism | 25 | |
| 5011230331 | Moksha | In Hindu belief, liberation from separate existence and union Brahman | 26 | |
| 5011230332 | Nirvana | The end goal of Buddhism, in which individual identity is the "extinguished" into a state of serenity and great compassion | 27 | |
| 5011230333 | Plato | A disciple of Socrates whose dialogues convey the teaching of his master while going beyond them to express Plato's own philosophy | 28 | |
| 5011230334 | Pythagoras | A major Greek philosopher who believed that an unchanging mathematical order underlies the apparent chaos of the world | 29 | |
| 5011230335 | Saint Paul | The first great popularizer of Christianity | 30 | |
| 5011230336 | Siddhartha Gautama | The Indian prince turned ascetic who founded Buddhism | 31 | |
| 5011230337 | Socrates | The first great Greek philosopher to turn rationalism toward questions of human existence | 32 | |
| 5011230338 | Thales of Miletus | A Greek natural philosopher, noted for his application of reason to astronomy and for his questioning of the fundamental nature of the universe | 33 | |
| 5011230339 | Theodosius | Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman state, banning all polytheistic rituals | 34 | |
| 5011230340 | Theravada | " The Teaching of the Elders," the early form of Buddhism according to which the Buddha was Swiss teacher busy not divine and which emphasizes practices rather than beliefs | 35 | |
| 5011230341 | Upanishads | Indian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E. | 36 | |
| 5011230342 | Vedas | The earliest religious texts of India, a collection of ancient poems, hymns, and rituals that were transmitted orally before being written down | 37 | |
| 5011230343 | Warring States period | Period in China from 403 to 221 B.C.E. That was typified by disorder and political chaos | 38 | |
| 5011230344 | Yin and Yang | Expression of the Chinese belief in the unity of opposites | 39 | |
| 5011230345 | Zarathustra | A Persian prophet, traditionally dated to the sixth or seventh century B.C.E., who founded Zoroastrianism | 40 | |
| 5011230346 | Zhuangzi | A Chinese philosopher who spelled out the teaching of Daoism | 41 | |
| 5011230347 | Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zarathustra | 42 |
