Early Confucian Philosophy and the Development of Compassion.
Metaphors of adorning, crafting, water flowing downward, and growing sprouts appear in the Analects ( Lunyu 論語), the Mencius ( Mengzi 孟子), and the Xunzi 荀子. They express and guide thinking about what there is in human nature to cultivate and how it is to be cultivated. The craft metaphor seems to im...
| Publicado en: | Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 157 - 195 |
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