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this is a deeply ironic comment, seeing as how mencius instilled that idea into confucianism back in the 3rd century bc. (rousseau might have introduced the ide
by zem 12y ago
this is a deeply ironic comment, seeing as how mencius instilled that idea into confucianism back in the 3rd century bc. (rousseau might have introduced the idea to western philosophical thought; i don't know very much about him.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius
- mcbetz 12y agoThanks for the addition, I have not heard about Mencius before but will certainly check him out. Surely the idea of goodness is older than Rouseau, yet his work is probably the beginning of a new stream in western philosophy.