The Problem of Evil in Chinese Philosophy
Assignment 3:
Course Journal
By James Peavoy
981193260
For McMurtry
Chinese Philosophy
April 10, 2000
“Wishing to establish his own character, the sage establishes the character of others.” – Analects 6:28
The sage leads by example. When the sage is a picture of virtue then others will follow.
“The Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao.” – The Lao Tzu ch. 1
The Tao is the eternal way of the universe and language is inadequate to describe it. The …
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…enjoy universal peace. Eighth, do away with the distinction between species so we may love all sentient beings. And ninth, do away with the sphere of suffering so happiness may reach its height. (Book of Great Unity, Peking, 1956, pp. 51-52)
When we have done this we will then be in the age of Great Unity.
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**Bibliography**
Bibliography
The Book of Mencius (1B:5), Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy, ed. Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963, p. 61.
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