Mozi ^new^

For 2,000 years, was a ghost.

Mozi was born around 470 BCE, during the Warring States period, a time of intense conflict and competition among the various states of ancient China. Little is known about his early life, but it is believed that he came from a humble background and was a skilled craftsman, possibly a carpenter or a weaver. Mozi's education was likely traditional, based on the teachings of the ancient Chinese classics, such as the Book of Odes and the Book of History . For 2,000 years, was a ghost

The Mozi Minute: How to Build a Newsletter Your Customers Actually Open Mozi's education was likely traditional, based on the

proposed "Universal Love" (Jian Ai): the obligation to care for the father of another as much as your own father, and the citizen of another state as much as your own citizen. He was not naive; he knew this was difficult. But he argued logically: if everyone loved everyone else as themselves, there would be no thieves, no wars, and no resentment. It is a utilitarian calculation: universal love maximizes collective happiness. But he argued logically: if everyone loved everyone

argued that every doctrine must be judged by three standards: Its basis in historical evidence, its verification by the senses of the common people, and its practical application to the welfare of the state. If an idea did not benefit the people, it was useless.

Mozi condemned three Confucian practices as economically ruinous:

: Mozi used "benefit to the world" as the ultimate metric for whether an action or policy was moral. Political and Social Order