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Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 1

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1 recommender · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2020–2023 · score 1.1

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A UBCx course on edX covering early Chinese philosophy and religious thought, including Shang and Zhou religion, the Analects of Confucius, the Daodejing, Mozi, and the Guodian texts. Part 1 introduces the basic philosophical, religious, and scientific concepts used throughout the course.

Commenters call it an excellent course on the philosophy of this period, with one noting it is a strong treatment of the Warring States-era texts.

Humanities & Social Sciencebeginnervideo lectures#chinese philosophy#confucius#daoism#mozi#warring states#ubc

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What commenters said (2)

  1. Strongly recommendsMerrill2020in “How Late Zhou China Reverse-Engineered a Civilization”

    Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 1 https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UBCx+China300.1x+3...

    Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 2 https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UBCx+China300.2x+3...

    Excellent course.

  2. RecommendsMerrill2023in “Tao Te Ching”

    University of British Columbia: Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 1

    Part 1 introduces the basic philosophical, religious and scientific concepts that will be drawn upon throughout the course, and then goes on to cover early Shang and Zhou religious thought, the Analects of Confucius, the Daodejing (a Daoist text attributed to Laozi), the utilitarian thinker Mozi, the newly discovered and very exciting Guodian texts, and the momentous philosophical changes that occurred in the mid Warring States period.

    https://www.edx.org/learn/humanities/university-of-british-c...

    Excellent course on this period's philosophy.

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