The Power of Language: Philosophy and Society

Han Feizi (c. 280-233 BCE) was a Chinese Legalist philosopher during the Warring States period (c. 475-221 BCE), whose writings were mainly ...

Laozi (c. sixth century BCE) was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is said to have written the Daodejing (Canon of the Way and Virtue). Th...

Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (1135-1204), was a Jewish rabbi, philosopher, physician, and astronomer. He was born in Córdoba, Spain...

Mencius (Mengzi, c. 371-289 BCE) and Xunzi (c. 310-238 BCE) were two Chinese Confucian philosophers who had very different views of human na...

Confucius (Kongzi, 551-479 BCE) sees the practice of ritual as a means of promoting virtue. He sees the sage kings of antiquity as exemplars...