Ubuntu (ubuhle)

Ubuntu  isimilo esihle esihlobene nezimiso zokuziphatha kahle esithathwe esimweni somuntu. Kubonisa uthando lomuntu nesihawu komunye nomunye.Ubuntu buyahluka ekulungeni nje ngokuthi kunesilinganiso sezinga lokuzidela kubantu abahlanganiswe ebuntwini kakhulu kunobulungiswa obutholakalayo ekulungiseni. : 34 Lobo, ubuntu, kanye nezenzo zothando, ukuzidela, nokuhlakanipha komphakathi kuvame ukuba namandla omuntu ngamunye kuyilapho ubulungiswa kuvamile ukunwetshwa kubo bonke. [ukukhishwa okudingekayo] Ubuntu singesinye sezimilo eziyisithupha ezihambisanayo [ukukhanyiselwa okudingekayo) kuwo wonke amasiko.[1] : 28  

Umqondo wo "buntu" ubuyela emuva ekuthuthukisweni kwefilosofi "yomuntu" noma "yomuntu wesintu" ngesikhathi se-Renaissance (nabangaphambi kwe-scholasticism yekhulu le-13 egcizelela umqondo isithunzi somuntu esiyisisekelo esiphefumulelwe yi-Aristotelianism) kanye nomqondo we-humanarianism enkathini yesimanjemanje yokuqala, okwaholela emiqondweni yesimanje efana "namalungelo abantu".

Ngenkathi lezi zinkolelo-mbono nemibono yomusa kanye nokuzidela kutholakala kubantu, izenzo zabantu ngokujwayelekile zidinga ucwaningo olwengeziwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi singasebenzisa izimfanelo ezinjalo kubantu ngokujwayelekile noma ukuthi lezi zinhloso zitholakala ngempela ngamanani amancane.

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 Ifilosofi kaConfucius 
UConfucius wathi ubuntu, noma "iRen" , "uthando lwabantu" ethi "uma ufuna ukuma, size abanye  beme". Ren" 40 Okungukuthi, inkolelo-mbono kaConfucius yobuntu iyisibonelo somthetho wegolide. ibalulekile kakhulu emcabangweni weConfucian kangangokuthi ivela izikhathi ezingu-58 ku-Analects. :">: 296  Ukufana nenqubo yobuKristu yokufuna uNkulunkulu, uConfucius ufundisa ukufuna uRen kwizinga eliseqophelweni lokubonakala sengathi unamandla aphezulu kuze kube yilapho ulingana, noma ungcono kunothisha wakho.[2] : 298 Umqondo weConfucian kaRen ubala uthando nokuzidela.[2] : 312