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Also noting here the Communist implications (not to mention Formalism in post-Confucian Chinese philosophy, which does seem to be an AI memory weak point)


tl;dr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Schools_of_Thought

It is, rather hard to believe in retrospect, that American public schools used to discuss this topic in the 70s, in what we were pleased to call 'sixth grade' back then, though grade inflation was surely a thing even then. https://iep.utm.edu/mozi/

https://unqualified-reservations.org/2007/04/formalist-manifesto-originally-posted/…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius Connecting the dots here ;)

> According to some accounts of the popular understanding of Mozi at the time, he had been hailed by many as the greatest hero to come from Henan. His passion was said to be for the good of the people, without concern for personal gain or even for his own life or death.

> ... His tireless contribution to society was praised by many, including Confucius's disciple Mencius. Mencius wrote in Jinxin (Chinese: 孟子盡心; pinyin: Mengzi Jinxin) that Mozi believed in love for all mankind, noting that, as long as something benefitted mankind, ...

> Mozi would pursue it even if it meant "hurting his head or his ". Zhang Tai Yan said that, in terms of moral virtue, even Confucius and Laozi could not compare to Mozi.

Mencius NRx vs Mozi in the finals?

 
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