PHI 101 Lecture 3: PHI 101 Lecture 3
13 Feb 2017
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Confucius wants to focus on this life: consistent with the hunter gatherers. Believed that spirit was all a part of nature. Mencius thought about how morality is human nature: counterpart: don"t we have to force people to be good through education. Both heaven and earth are composed of ch"i. The superior person is not an egotist (mencius: fills the space between heaven and earth (spirit fills) Develop cosmological theory: doctrine of the five elements. Heaven employs the five basic elements: bad parenting is not natural. Correspondences how they"re connected to the universe. Wood is the agent of the minister of the agriculture: wood begets fire. Metal is of the ministry of the interior: soil begets metal, metal cuts down trees (tools) Water produces wood: plants need water. Human nature is: congenital goodness (yang, natural emotions (yin) The ways of heaven and humans are are connected. Unity of polarities: creative interactions, fulfilling.
