The Second Sage
Mencius (Mengzi)
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A Confucian teacher who traveled among the warring states arguing that human nature is good and that rulers must care for the people.
Key work: Mencius (Mengzi)
“The feeling of commiseration is the principle of benevolence.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Anyone who saw a child about to fall into a well would feel alarm.
Goodness grows from sprouts that need tending.
A ruler who neglects the people loses the right to rule.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
On the climb
The Child at the Well
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