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Ethical Implications Of Natural Philosophy Of Laozi

Posted on:2016-02-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330470981863Subject:Ethics
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Natural philosophy, the "Lao zi" dating back to the pre-qin period. In the spring and autumn period of historical development and social change for the influence of the formation of laozi philosophy, prominent are the following three aspects: one is economic transformation; Second, political change, namely the rise of hereditary social disintegration and then the class; Third, cultural change, namely the officer lost my guard and academic. In terms of philosophy of Lao zi’s thought culture origin, mainly has the following three aspects: one is to respect the law of nature, namely \ "the book of changes\" thought military commander, historiographer culture and tradition; 2 it is to advocate the thought of harmony between man and nature, namely original Taoism and clan heritage; 3 it is dealing with the relation between subjective initiative and objective law of thought.Lao tze thought, nature refers to the things being and the nature of things according to their regular exercise and keep harmonious and self-sustaining and other things. Natural connotation includes the following several aspects: one refers to the natural state, there is something in this state makes things themselves instead of bricks, is the reason there is something, and recognizes the thing itself; 2 refers to the nature of things works, is movement, change, and development, the rule is "tao", and "dao" according to the rule of the nature of the tao to movement, change and development, which shows that the "natural" is the essence of "tao"; Three refers to the movement law of things, this law has certain necessity, is the unity of the contingency and inevitability, namely the origin of "natural law". The purpose of this paper is to from the following three aspects: the connotation of "Lao zi" natural philosophy: "Lao zi" natural philosophy ideological and theoretical basis of natural rule, the basic requirement of "Lao zi" natural philosophy- harmony, the main functions of the "Lao zi" natural philosophy, combining subjective initiative and objective laws.Since the 20 th century, environmental pollution, climate anomalies, such as natural resources drying up problem increasingly prominent, the contemporary human faces a series of global and regional problems. To solve these problems, in addition to rely on modern civilization such as high-tech achievements, more important is to should establish the modern natural philosophy, reconstruction of man and nature, man and society, between people and their positive interaction and coordinated development of the harmonious relationship, take the sustainable development road. This article attempts through to the Lao tze natural philosophy history background and connotation of exploration, mining Lao tze natural philosophy of the modern significance: based on natural rule, set up the ecological consciousness, with nature as the way, the construction of a harmonious society, on the premise of respect for law and to develop individual quality.
Keywords/Search Tags:laozi, Natural philosophy, ethical
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