Confucius
An ancient Chinese philosopher, Confucius created an ethic based on virtue, social harmony, and respect for hierarchies and traditions, shaping Chinese culture, morality, and politics for millennia.
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Political axes
Profile across the twelve axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets Confucius apart
Representation
Confucius leans further toward autocracy than 82% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Personality median 61Confucius 23
Of all the axes, Representation is where Confucius stands furthest from the rest.
Control
On Control, Confucius sits practically at the catalog median.
Personality median 62Confucius 64
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
Confucius's ideologies
The closest among the 263 ideologies
- Center
Socratism
Socrates' dialectical method, examining beliefs through rational questioning and the pursuit of virtue, distrustful of mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, yet respectful of the city's rule of law.
- Right
Confucianism
Doctrine that grounds political order in the ruler's virtue, ritual hierarchy and filial piety, favouring bureaucratic merit and moral education over coercive law or popular participation.
- Third Position
Kemalist Nationalism
Doctrine of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk that founded modern Turkey on six arrows: republicanism, nationalism, populism, statism, laicism and reformism, imposing Westernization and state control of religion from above.
The most distant ideology
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