PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Four Noble Truths, Mohism, Taoism
1 Sep 2020
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Translated as the source of all existence, principle of all things, way or path of the universe, moral law; key concept in confucian and daoist philosophy. One of the two great indigenous philosophical traditions of china. Six schools: yin-yang, confucian, mohist, legalist, school of names, daoists. Human discriminations, such as those made in law, morality (good, bad) and aesthetics (beauty, ugly) actually create the troubles and problems humans experience, they do not solve them. Yin: in ancient chinese metaphysics: weak, negative, dark, and destructive natural force or principle; earth; linked with yang. Yang: in ancient chines metaphysics: strong, positive, light, and . linked with yin. Name given to any philosophy that emphasizes human welfare and dignity; belief that human intelligence and effort are capable of improving conditions in the here and now. Confucius"s humanistic notion that man can make the way (dao) great was a radical departure from the traditional chinese emphasis on nature spirits.
