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Back to SearchHPC 40. Antiheroes: Sunzi’s Art of War
Episode 217
Are the methods of warfare proposed in the famous Art of War an example of “applied Daoism”?
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HPC 39. Robin Wang on Yin-Yang Thinking
Episode 219
An interview on the pervasive use of the yin-yang relational pair in classical Chinese thought generally, and in Daoism in particular.
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HPC 38. Easy Does It: Non-Action in the Laozi
Episode 216
The concept of wuwei or “non-action”: does it mean that the perfect sage or political ruler simply never does anything?
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HPC 37. She Stoops to Conquer: Femininity in the Laozi
Episode 215
How the Laozi (Daodejing) applies the lessons of complementarity to the contrast between male and female.
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HPC 36. Fishing for Complements: Polarities in Daoism
Episode 218
The significance of the Laozi’s use of opposing pairs, which are treated as complementary rather as exclusive dichotomies.
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HPC 35. Way Better than Greenwashing: Daoism on Nature
Episode 214
The Laozi (Daodejing) refers to the winds, the rain and the waters. We discuss how these ideas express the Laozi’s views on nature.
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
HPC 34. You Don’t Say! the Dao That Cannot Be Told
Episode 213
The first rule of dao is: don’t talk about dao. We do so nonetheless, focusing on its role in metaphysics and language.
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
HPC 33. Let Us Count the Ways: What is Daoism?
Episode 212
What does “Daoism” refer to in a range of contexts, and how have excavated texts changed our understanding of the tensions between Daoism and Confucianism?
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
HPC 32. Chris Fraser on Mohism
Episode 211
We conclude our series on Mohism with an interview that looks at the Mohists' dialectic and its relationship to their ethics.
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
HPC 31. Push and Pull: Mohist Dialectic
Episode 210
Later Mohists explained in the Canons how to provide compelling philosophical arguments, and how to avoid mistakes in argumentation. Does this count as “logic”?
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago