Taoism

• Kokomirai Channel High School Ethics

• Laozi

  • Opposed to Confucius (Laozi’s philosophy was built on top of Confucius)
  • “Dao” is the origin of all things
    • It’s like water
      • Thales’ Arche?
      • But this is just an analogy
  • Wuwei and naturalness
    • You don’t have to strive to obtain wisdom, just naturally relax
  • It’s okay for a country to be small
    • Problems arise when you try to forcefully make it big
    • Being small is the natural state

• Zhuangzi

  • All things are equal

• Mozi

  • It’s important to value everyone, not just your own family
  • Pacifism

• Han Feizi

  • Legalism
  • In the end, the law is strong