School
Taoist philosophy
Overview
school of thought in China
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The Chinese people, from time immemorial, have been divided into four great classes, relative to the rank that men occupy in society, following the functions that they execute therein,[549] very nearly as do the Indians: but this division, that long custom has rendered purely political, is looked upon very differently by the philosophers. Man, according to them, constitutes one of the three productive powers which…
Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, The golden verses of Pythagoras
Close in meaning to Taoist philosophy; the term itself is not named.
Although Taoism, of which Lao-Tze was the founder and Chuang-Tze the chief apostle, was displaced by Confucianism, yet the spirit of this fable has penetrated deeply into Chinese life, making it more urbane and tolerant, more contemplative and observant, than the fiercer life of the West. The Chinese watch foreigners as we watch animals in the Zoo, to see whether they "drink water and fling up their heels over the…
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
Close in meaning to Taoist philosophy; the term itself is not named.
Traditional Chinese education was, in some respects, very similar to that of Athens in its best days. Athenian boys were made to learn Homer by heart from beginning to end; Chinese boys were made to learn the Confucian classics with similar thoroughness. Athenians were taught a kind of reverence for the gods which consisted in outward observances, and placed no barrier in the way of free intellectual speculation…
Bertrand Russell, Education and the good life
Close in meaning to Taoist philosophy; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Taoist philosophy
Related ideas
- Shandong
- Liezi
- Ziran
- Yin and yang
- Chinese folk religion
- Daozang
- Immortality
- Beijing
- Zhuangzi (book)
- Yuan dynasty
- Śūnyatā
- Mohism
- School of thought
- Ge Hong
- Guo Xiang
- Legalism (Chinese philosophy)
- Boston
- Qi
- Lingbao School
- Qing dynasty
- I Ching
- Hundred Schools of Thought
- Mahayana
- Wang Bi
Place in the tradition
Part of Existence.