On Adam Smith and Confucius: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the AnalectsNova Publishers, 2000 - 152 עמודים The purpose of this book is to compare the ethical, social and economic principles advocated by Adam Smith and Confucius. Adam Smith is the most influential thinker in developed economies in modern times. Confucius was the most influential thinker in the Confucian regions (except Singapore) before the West became influential in these regions. It is important to note that among the Confucian regions only Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew has explicitly admired Confucius after the Second World War. The book shows that it is important to compare the two great thinkers in order to understand whether or not Westernization of the Confucian regions is sustainable and whether or not there will be "clashes of civilizations" between the Confucian regions and the West. The reader may also see how China has made fun of Confucius in the last one hundred fifty years and why the world has made fun of China during the same period of time. |
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עמוד 7
... construct a meaningful theoretical socioeconomic system . In this sense , it might be said that the book describes the foundation of his entire socioeconomic system . It is true that it is mainly through WN that Smith has influenced the ...
... construct a meaningful theoretical socioeconomic system . In this sense , it might be said that the book describes the foundation of his entire socioeconomic system . It is true that it is mainly through WN that Smith has influenced the ...
עמוד 9
... constructed before any foreign culture had any observable influence on Chinese culture . Moreover , I will not examine issues related to the textuality of Chinese Confucian works in detail ; but it should be remarked that it is quite ...
... constructed before any foreign culture had any observable influence on Chinese culture . Moreover , I will not examine issues related to the textuality of Chinese Confucian works in detail ; but it should be remarked that it is quite ...
עמוד 22
... constructed . It is partly due to this that Confucius has displayed varied " faces " in Chinese as well as European thinkers ' minds . In order to further rationalize my comparison of Confucius and Adam Smith , it might be important to ...
... constructed . It is partly due to this that Confucius has displayed varied " faces " in Chinese as well as European thinkers ' minds . In order to further rationalize my comparison of Confucius and Adam Smith , it might be important to ...
עמוד 23
... constructed TMS and WN . The Missionaries Introduced Confucius to Europe When you see good , then diligently examine your own behavior , when you see evil , then with sorrow look into yourself . Hsii Tzu ( 298-238 BC ) Although the ...
... constructed TMS and WN . The Missionaries Introduced Confucius to Europe When you see good , then diligently examine your own behavior , when you see evil , then with sorrow look into yourself . Hsii Tzu ( 298-238 BC ) Although the ...
עמוד 26
... constructing their own worlds . But it is obvious that there are close similarities between his theory of monads and the Chinese system of corrective thinking . It is intellectually interesting to note that more than three hundred years ...
... constructing their own worlds . But it is obvious that there are close similarities between his theory of monads and the Chinese system of corrective thinking . It is intellectually interesting to note that more than three hundred years ...
תוכן
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31 | |
On Ideal Man | 45 |
On Passions and Learning | 67 |
On the Great and the Rich | 83 |
Smiths Rules of Justice and Confucius Rules of Propriety | 99 |
The Wealth of Nations and Confucian Economic Doctrines | 119 |
Bibliography | 141 |
Index | 149 |
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able according actions Adam Smith admired affection ancient argued basis become believed benevolence called character China Chinese common conception concerned conduct Confucian tradition Confucius held considered cultivate cultural desires doctrines duty economic emphasized equal established feel held hold human human nature ideal ideas impartial spectator important improvement individual industrial influenced interest issues justice knowledge labor learning lived maintain means Mencius mentioned mind moral moral philosophy names nature never one's passions perfect person philosophy political position practical principles production proper rational reason regard rich rules rules of justice rules of propriety saying sense sentiments similar situation Smith and Confucius Smith held social society standard superior sympathy theory things thinking thought understand University Press virtue virtuous wealth whole
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עמוד 113 - ... imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard. He does not consider that the pieces upon the chessboard have no other principle of motion besides that which the hand impresses upon them; but that, in the great chessboard of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it.
עמוד 109 - If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.
עמוד 22 - They are replacing the traditional methods of the neogrammarians which were so prevalent at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
עמוד 19 - Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
עמוד 38 - When the original passions of the person principally concerned are in perfect concord with the sympathetic emotions of the spectator, they necessarily appear to this last just and proper, and suitable to their objects; and, on the contrary, when, upon bringing the case home to himself, he finds that they do not coincide with what he feels, they necessarily appear to him unjust and improper, and unsuitable to the causes which excite them. To approve of the passions of another, therefore, as suitable...
עמוד 74 - The superior man is easy to serve and difficult to please. If you try to please him in any way which is not accordant with right, he will not be pleased. But in his employment of men. he uses them according to their capacity. The mean man is difficult to serve, and easy to please.
עמוד 131 - According to the system of natural liberty, the sovereign has only three duties to attend to, three duties of great importance, indeed, but plain and intelligible to common understandings: first, the duty of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies...
עמוד 67 - The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions BO much the cause as the effect of the division of labor.