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Mohism

Mohism or Moism (/ˈmoʊɪzəm/, Chinese: 墨家; pinyin: Mòjiā; lit. 'School of Mo') was an ancient Chinese philosophy of ethics and logic, rational thought, and scientific technology developed by the scholars who studied under the ancient Chinese philosopher Mozi (c. 470 BC – c. 391 BC), embodied in an eponymous book: the Mozi. Among its major ethical tenets…

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Bopomofo
ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Chinese
墨家
Hanyu Pinyin
Mòjiā
IPA
[mwô.tɕjá]
Literal meaning
School of Mo
Tongyong Pinyin
Mò-jia

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Mohism

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Triples105
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Decline · 19
Mohism → By, China, Compared, Confucianism, Confucians, Daoists, Han, Key, Mohist, Mohist Canons, Mohists, Philosophy, Qin, The, The Stanford Encyclopedia, Their, What, With, Yin-Yang
related to External links · 19
Mohism → British Columbia, Chinese Text ProjectMohism, Chris, Edward, Fraser, Full, In Zalta, ISSN, Media, Mohist Canons, Mozi, OCLC, Philosophy, Religious History, Stanford Encyclopedia, The Database, University, Wikimedia CommonsFraser, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Modern perspectives · 13
Mohism → Chinese, Chinese Academy, Chinese Culture, Chinese Studies, Chinese University, Fan Hongye, Hong Kong, Institute, Jin Guantao, Liu Qingfeng, Managerial Science, Science Policy, Sciences' Institute
related to Consequentialism · 11
Mohism → An, Ancient China, Bentham's, David Shepherd Nivison, During Mozi's, In, Mohist, Stanford, The, The Cambridge History, Unlike
related to Society · 11
Mohism → According, Assuming, He, Heaven, However, In, It, Mozi, Shi/Fei, Subjects, There
related to Caring and impartiality · 9
Mohism → Chinese, Confucians, For, In Mohism, Mohist, Mozi, The, This, Tradition
related to School of Names · 8
Mohism → Chinese, Historians, Joseph Needham, Logicians, Names, Not, One, School
related to overview · 4
Mohism → According, Chinese, Edward Craig, Mozi
Bopomofo · 1
Mohism → ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Chinese · 1
Mohism → 墨家

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MohismBopomofoㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ1.00infobox
MohismChinese墨家1.00infobox
MohismHanyu PinyinMòjiā1.00infobox
MohismIPA[mwô.tɕjá]1.00infobox
MohismLiteral meaningSchool of Mo1.00infobox
MohismTongyong PinyinMò-jia1.00infobox
MohismTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinMòjiāBopomofoㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚWade–GilesMo4-chia1Tongyong PinyinMò-jiaIPA[mwô.tɕjá]1.00infobox
MohismWade–GilesMo4-chia11.00infobox
Mohismis amatter of sufficient provision and a large population0.90text
Joseph Needham have seen this group as developing a precursor philosophy of science that was never fully developedinstance ofHistorians0.80text
but othersinstance ofHistorians0.80text
Mohismrelated to Caring and impartialityThe0.60section

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