Xunzi (Chinese: 荀子, lit. 'Master Xun'; c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang (Chinese: 荀況), was a Chinese philosopher of Confucianism during the late...
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Xunzi may refer to: Xunzi (book) (荀子), an ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to the below figure Xunzi (philosopher), a 3rd-century...
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Xunzi (Chinese: 荀子) is an ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to and named after Xun Kuang, a 3rd-century BCE philosopher...
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emperor who sought to create a harmonious society, yet chaos resulted. Xunzi, broke from Mencius' view, instead arguing that morality is extrinsic. Yan...
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Hedonist Zhuang Zhou (Zhuangzi, c. 4th century BCE) — major Taoist philosopher Xunzi (c. 310–237 BCE) — Confucianist, pessimistic about human nature Zou...
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Wuji (philosophy) (section Xunzi)
School of Names philosopher Hui Shi; "The southern direction is limitless yet it has a limit." The (c. 3rd century BCE) Confucian text Xunzi uses wuji (meaning...
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Vietnamese philosophy (section Notable philosophers)
blended Confucianism (in its plural form incorporating Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, and Wang Yang Ming)7 with Buddhism and Taoism." Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2018)...
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Han Fei (category 3rd-century BC Chinese philosophers)
suicide by drinking poison. The Qin king afterward regretted Han Fei's death. Xunzi formed the hypothesis that human nature is evil and virtueless, therefore...
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Donald Herbert Davidson (March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher. He served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California...
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Analytic philosophy (redirect from Analytic philosopher)
logical positivists (particularly Rudolf Carnap), the ordinary language philosophers, W. V. O. Quine, and Karl Popper. After the decline of logical positivism...
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