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...

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...

Xunzi (Chinese: 荀子) is an ancient Chinese collection of philosophical writings attributed to and named after Xun Kuang, a 3rd-century BCE philosopher...

emperor who sought to create a harmonious society, yet chaos resulted. Xunzi, broke from Mencius' view, instead arguing that morality is extrinsic. Yan...

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...

blended Confucianism (in its plural form incorporating Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, and Wang Yang Ming)7 with Buddhism and Taoism." Vuong, Quan-Hoang (2018)...

Hedonist Zhuang Zhou (Zhuangzi, c. 4th century BCE) — major Taoist philosopher Xunzi (c. 310–237 BCE) — Confucianist, pessimistic about human nature Zou...

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...

be similar to how I now think of the past. Xunzi (荀子; born Zhao c. 310–237 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher who lived during the Warring States Period,...

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...

become better citizens. This placed him at odds with his near contemporary, Xunzi, who believed that human nature is evil by birth. Mencius was born Meng...

Confucianism. It is in contrast to the theory of innate evil advocated by Xunzi. Mencius argues that human nature is good. He understands human nature as...

his service, his father was enfeoffed as Marquis of Li. In his book Xunzi, philosopher Xun Kuang, who was present in Handan during the siege, highly praised...

Margrave Taylor CC GOQ FRSC FBA (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher from Montreal, Quebec, and professor emeritus at McGill University best...

renowned Confucian philosophers. Xun Kuang (313–238), philosopher who joined the Jixia Academy when he was 50 years old, known for the Xunzi. "Qi – ancient...

Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics: The Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-57739-7. Retrieved 14 June 2023...

various other names and romanizations, was a Chinese classicist, essayist, philosopher, and politician of the Song Dynasty. He worked with his older brother...

was later described as "Classical Pantheism" (and was adopted by Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza). The name Stoicism derives from the Stoa Poikile (Ancient...

Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970...

logical positivists (particularly Rudolf Carnap), the ordinary language philosophers, W. V. O. Quine, and Karl Popper. After the decline of logical positivism...

Confucius: Chinese Philosopher and Teacher. Capstone. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7565-3832-3. Retrieved 12 August 2015. Dubs 1946, pp. 274–276. 宥坐. 荀子 [Xunzi] (in Literary...

(/hjuːm/; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly...

Aaron (2006). Overcoming our evil: human nature and spiritual exercises in Xunzi and Augustine. Georgetown University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-58901-094-9...

dynasty agricultural scientist Xu Guangqi frequently cited the Guanzi and the Xunzi. The Guanzi was still listed as Daoist in the Book of Han's Journal of Literature...

society in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral...

99 (1): 1–14. doi:10.2307/598944. JSTOR 598944. Goldin, Paul R. (2018). "Xunzi". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Cripps, Karla; Deng, Shawn (2020-04-15)...

that refer to him, including the Zhan Guo Ce, Lüshi Chunqiu, Han Feizi, Xunzi, and most frequently, the Zhuangzi. Nine Zhuangzi chapters mention Hui Shi...

par with Mencius, Zisi is attacked by Xunzi in his famous "Against Twelve Masters" chapter. The target of Xunzi's attack is the Wuxing teaching. According...

Sanskrit grammarian, dating to 1849). In the early 19th century, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard insisted that language ought to play a larger role...

Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese astronomer, meteorologist, naturalist, philosopher, and writer active during the Eastern Han dynasty. He developed a rational...