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Symmetrically, in the sinised world, the Chinese character 經 (jing in pinyin) refers to a set of texts written during Chinese antiquity and the study of the language, literature, history and philosophy of ancient China, mostly through this corpus of Chinese classical texts , can be described as studying classics. Chinese men of letters sharing Confucean values can also be paralleled with Western humanists.

1 Western Classics

The word is derived from the Latin classicus which literally means "belonging to the highest class of citizens". Furthermore, its meaning intimates "superiority, authority and even perfection". "Classicus occurs first in Aulus Gellius, a Roman author of the second century who in his miscellany Noctes Atticae (19, 8, 15) refers to classicus scriptor, non proletarius. He was ranking writers according to the classification of the Roman taxation classes.

This method was started when the Greeks were constantly ranking their cultural work. The word they used was canon; ancient Greek for a carpenter's rule. Moreover, early ChristianChristian cross and its many variations are widely recognized as an ancient Christian symbol. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians generally chara Church Fathers used this term to classify authoritative texts of the New Testament. This rule further helped in the preservation of works since writing platforms of vellum and papyrus and methods of reproduction was not cheap. The title of canon placed on a work meant that it would be more easily preserved for future generations. In modern times, a Western canonThe Western canon is a canon of books and art, and specifically a set with very loose boundaries of books and other art that, have allegedly been highly influential in shaping Western culture. The selection of a canon is important to the theory of educati was collated that defined the best of Western cultureFor an article on the East, see Eastern culture Western Culture refers to the culture that has developed in the Western world. This culture is arguably the dominant cultural form in the modern world; it can also be said that elements of this culture have.

At the Alexandrian Library, the ancient scholars coined another term for canonized authors, hoi enkrithentes; "the admitted" or "the included".

Classical studies incorporate a certain type of methodology. The Rule of the classical world and of Christian culture and society was Philo's rule:

"Philo's rule dominated Greek culture, from Homer to Neo-Platonism and the Christian Fathers of late antiquity. The rule is: "μεταχαραττε το θειον νομισμα" ("metaxaratte to theion nomisma"). It is the law of strict continuity. We preserve and do not throw away words or ideas. Words and ideas may grow in meaning but must stay within the limits of the original meaning and concept that the word has."

Classical education was considered the best training for implanting the life of moral excellence arete (paideia)Arete in its basic sense means 'excellence'. The Ancient Greeks applied the term to anything; the excellence of a horse, the excellence of a bull to be bred, or the excellence of a man. When applied in this way, arete is gender-neutral and species-neutral hence a good citizen. It furnished students with intellectual and aesthetic appreciation for "the best which has been thought and said in the world". Copleston, an Oxford classicist said that classical education "communicates to the mind...a high sense of honour, a disdain of death in a good cause, (and) a passionate devotion to the welfare of one's country". CiceroFor other uses see Cicero (disambiguation Marcus Tullius Cicero ( January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. Biography Cicero was born in Arpinum and caug commented, "All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature".

At Oxford University Classics is known as Literae Humaniores, comprising the study of Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature, history and philosophy. It is sometimes known as Greats after the nickname for the final examinations.

• Ancient Greece

PaideiaTo the ancient Greeks, Paideia is "the process of educating man into his true form, the real and genuine human nature. 1) It also means culture. It is the ideals in which the Hellenes formed the world around them and their youth. Since self-government was
Classical definition of republicRepublic is formed from two Latin words res (thing) and publica (public); it literally means 'the public thing(s)'. In the Latin context, it means 'affairs affecting the state', 'the state' itself, or 'the constitution' of the state". 1) The Latin word re
Greek language, Greek mythology, Greek literature
Architecture of Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek culture is not monolithic: it consists of two completely different strains corresponding to two different peoples: the Ionian and the Dorian.

• Ancient Rome

Romanitas
Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
Roman Army
Roman mythology
Latin, Latin literature, Rhetoric

• Post-classical scholarship

Humanism
Philology

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ClassicsClassics particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a p Classics of political philosophyClassic Texts in Political Philosophy The Republic by Plato; The Laws by Plato; The Gorgias by Plato; The Phaedrus by Plato; The Phaedo by Plato; The Apology of Socrates by Plato; History of the Pelopenessian War by Thucydides; The Politics by Aristotle;