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Descriptions of famous trials throughout history. They include primary source material and transcripts of the proceedings when available. It starts with the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C. and ends with the trial of Moussaoui in 2006. Trials include Lizzie Bordan, Haymarket, Salem witch trials, Amistad, and John Brown.

"Confucius (551-479 BCE), according to Chinese tradition, was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Lunyu or Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man, how such an individual should live his live and interact with others, and the forms of society and government in which he should participate. Fung Yu-lan, one of the great 20th century authorities on the history of Chinese thought, compares Confucius' influence in Chinese history with that of Socrates in the West."