Mozi : basic writings

Mozi : basic writings / translated by Burton Watson.

"Mozi (fifth century B.C.,) was an important political and social thinker and a formidable rival of the Confucianists. The most famous and original doctrine of the Mohist school was that of universal love, according to which all humankind, as creatures of God, should be loved and treated as one...

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Main Author: Mo, Di, active 400 B.C
Other Authors: Watson, Burton, 1925-2017
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Series:Translations from the Asian classics.
Subjects:
Moism.
Philosophy, Chinese.
Uniform Title:Mozi.
Table of Contents:
  • Honoring the Worthy
  • Identifying with One's Superior
  • Universal Love
  • Against Offensive Warfare
  • Moderation in Expenditure
  • Moderation in Funerals
  • The Will of Heaven
  • Explaining Ghosts
  • Against Music
  • Against Fatalism
  • Against Confucians.

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