"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Talk to me about the truth of religion, and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolation of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand."--C.S. Lewis
Arguably they articulate the position of one of the four classical schools of Chinese philosophy, Legalism, articulated by Han Fei Tzu. I wrote a paper about it in college. (The rulers of the Chin dynasty, who followed the Legalists, ordered all other writing of the other schools destroyed. Happily they didn't quite succeed with Confucius, Lao Tzu, Mo Tzu, et al.)
Arguably they articulate the position of one of the four classical schools of Chinese philosophy, Legalism, articulated by Han Fei Tzu. I wrote a paper about it in college. (The rulers of the Chin dynasty, who followed the Legalists, ordered all other writing of the other schools destroyed. Happily they didn't quite succeed with Confucius, Lao Tzu, Mo Tzu, et al.)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of comments here is what l learn from them. Many thanks for the scholarship! (The reference to Foucault was a bit glib , frankly.)
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