Zhu Xi

Matt Dillon said:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,* who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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BidenPresident said:
So you believe, for reasons solely your own.
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No, one of the reasons Herodotus and Thucydides wrote their histories of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars was to illustrate that pride and hubris always precedes the fall.

That is a universal moral lesson.
 
evince said:
Seeking knowledge is seeking truth


Truth is the key to all that is good


Lies destroy everything


Everything
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In a sense, anyone who genuinely pursues higher education in history, physics, art, anthropology, philosophy, et al. is a truth seeker. That is what I really enjoyed about grad school, my peers were there out of a genuine interest to pursue the deeper questions about nature and humanity.
 
evince said:
Yes


Which is why the Republican Party hates truth

They gain from chaos
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The CCP policy to invest in scientists and intellectuals led to the uprising of students and workers -- resulting in the massacre at Tiananmen Square. By nature, knowledge and education demand change through revolt.
 
goat said:
The CCP policy to invest in scientists and intellectuals led to the uprising of students and workers -- resulting in the massacre at Tiananmen Square. By nature, knowledge and education demand change through revolt.
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Cypress said:
Zhu Xi Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher:


When you engage your mind in an investigation of things, knowledge is extended.

When knowledge is extended, your thinking becomes clear.

When your thinking becomes clear, you can rectify yourself; you can cultivate your own moral qualities.

When your moral qualities are cultivated, you will be able to properly order your family.

When your family is properly ordered, you will be able to govern your state well.

When you govern your state well, you will be able to bring order to the world.
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The traditional bias in American secondary education was that humanity's intellectual tradition is generally confined to the Platonic-European heritage.
 
Zhu Xi maintained that all things are brought into being by the union of two universal aspects of reality: Qi, sometimes translated as vital (or physical, material) force; and Li, sometimes translated as rational principle (or law). The source and sum of Li is the Taiji, meaning the Supreme Ultimate.

According to Zhu Xi's theory, every physical object and every person has its Li and therefore has contact in its metaphysical core with the Taiji. What is referred to as the human soul, mind, or spirit is understood as the Taiji, or the supreme creative principle, as it works its way out in a person.

Wikipedia, Zhu Xi
 
Cypress said:
Zhu Xi maintained that all things are brought into being by the union of two universal aspects of reality: Qi, sometimes translated as vital (or physical, material) force; and Li, sometimes translated as rational principle (or law). The source and sum of Li is the Taiji, meaning the Supreme Ultimate.

According to Zhu Xi's theory, every physical object and every person has its Li and therefore has contact in its metaphysical core with the Taiji. What is referred to as the human soul, mind, or spirit is understood as the Taiji, or the supreme creative principle, as it works its way out in a person.

Wikipedia, Zhu Xi
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And there's an entire industry related to balancing the Qi in your home in the form of Feng Shui.
 
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