Philosophy · Eastern & Comparative Philosophy
A topic within Eastern & Comparative Philosophy, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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Zisi
Argues moral cultivation means finding and holding the mean between excess and deficiency in feeling and action, achieved through a sincerity that aligns inner disposition with outward conduct.
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Argues, against Mencius, that human nature is innately selfish and unruly, and that goodness is an artificial achievement produced by ritual, teachers and law rather than something to be uncovered by introspection.
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