The Essential Mòzǐ

Ethical, Political, and Dialectical Writings

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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'The task of the benevolent person is surely to diligently seek to promote the benefit of the world and eliminate harm to the world'The Mòzǐ is among the founding texts of the Chinese philosophical tradition, presenting China's earliest ethical, political, and logical theories. The collected works introduce concepts, assumptions, and issues that had a profound, lasting influence throughout the classical and early imperial eras. Mòzǐ and his followers developed the world's first ethical theory, and presented China's first account of the origin of political authority from a state of nature. They were prominent social activists whose moral and political reform movement sought to improve the welfare of the common people and eliminate elite extravagance and misuse of power. In this new translation, Chris Fraser focuses on the philosophical aspects of the writing and allows readers to truly enter the Mohists' world of thought. This abridged edition includes the essential political and social topics of concern to this vital movement. Informed by traditional and recent scholarship, the translation presents the Mohists' ideas and arguments clearly, precisely, and coherently, while accurately reflecting the meaning, terminology, and style of the original.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-06-25
Mått127 x 193 x 20 mm
Vikt227 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford World's Classics
Antal sidor336
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198848103

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Chris Fraser is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of The Philosophy of the Mozi (Columbia, 2016), Late Classical Chinese Thought (Oxford, forthcoming), and many dozen research articles on early Chinese ethics, epistemology, philosophy of language and logic, and philosophy of mind and action. His work can be accessed at cjfraser.net

Acknowledgements Introduction Note on the Translation Select Bibliography Chronology Maps Part I: Miscellaneous Essays Book 4: Models and Standards Book 5: Seven Worries Book 6: Avoiding Excess Book 7: Three Disputations Part II: The Triads Books 8-10: Promoting the Worthy Books 11-13: Identifying Upward Books 14-16: Inclusive Care Books 17-19: Condemning Aggression Books 20-21: Moderation in Use Book 25: Moderation in Burial Books 26-28: Heaven's Intent Book 31: Understanding Ghosts Book 32: Condemning Music Books 35-37: Condemning Fatalism Part III: Condemning the Erudites Book 39: Condemning the Erudites Part IV: The Dialectics Books 40-43: The Canons and Explanations Book 44: The Greater Selection Book 45: The Lesser Selection Part V: The Dialogues Book 46: Geng Zhù Book 47: Valuing Righteousness Book 48: Gong Mèng Book 49: The Questions of Lu Book 50: Gongshu Explanatory Notes Glossary Appendix: The Chronology of the Triads Index