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| Title: | Xunzi and the essentialist mode of thinking about human nature |
| Authors: | Chong, Kim-Chong |
| Keywords: | Xunzi
Human nature
Chinese philosophy
Good and bad |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2005 |
| Citation: | (1) International Conference on Confuncianism: Retrospect and Prospect. University of Toronto, Canada, September 1-2, 2005. (2) Conference on Chinese Philosophy in Analytical Perspectives, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, September 16-17, 2005 |
| Abstract: | In his essay “Philosophy of Human Nature,” Antonio Cua argues that the term “bad” in Xunzi’s statement that “Human nature is bad” is to be taken in a consequential sense. This goes against a common tendency to read the Xunzi in what I refer to as the essentialist mode of thinking. In this paper, I show how it is that the consequential reading of “bad” and other features that Professor Cua describes offer a significant understanding of Xunzi’s position as a non-essentialist one. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1783.1/2606 |
| Appears in Collections: | HUMA Conference Papers
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