Mozi and the Mohist School III

Dates

March 25, 2021

Notes

Concern for all, excluding none

PDFs

Required Primary Readings

The Essential Mozi

Books 17-19: Condemning Aggression

Related passages: Geng Zhu 46.1; Questions of Lu 49.5-6; Gongshu 50.1-2

Books 14-16: Inclusive Care

Related passages: Geng Zhu 46.4, 46.18, 47.2; Valuing Righteousness 47.2, 47.6, 47.7, 47.9; Questions of Lu 49.6, 49.12, 49.14

Optional Readings

Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy

This entire entry could be taken up with the question begged by its title: Is there metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy? The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy itself seems ambivalent. There is this entry, but instead of a corresponding entry for "Metaphysics in European Philosophy" there is an entry for " Metaphysics " that draws exclusively on European traditions.

plato.stanford.edu

Look through section 2 for an account similar to the one that I outlined in class on Thursday about evolving views on Heaven and fate.