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#mencius
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Mencius’s child at the well, seen from a delivery room in Sylhet
I have been a midwife for nineteen years. Last month a friend lent me a translation of Mencius, and I stopped at the passage about the child at the well and read it three times. Mencius says that anyone who suddenly sees…
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Reading group: Mencius Book 1, the conversations with the kings
I teach ethics at a secondary school in Seoul, and every year I tell my students that Mencius was a political philosopher before he was a theorist of human nature. They don't believe me, because the textbook only gives them the child…
Started by Ji-woo Park5 replies243 views -
What were Mencius and Xunzi arguing about when they disagreed about human nature?
I'm writing an essay comparing moral development theories, and my tutor suggested the debate between Mencius and Xunzi as a classical example. I understand Mencius said human nature is good and Xunzi said it is bad, but I've read that this is…
Started by Elif Yıldız2 replies97 views