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Apr 2023
40m 52s

Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psych...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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On the greatest early philosopher interpreting and expanding on Confucius, from ca. 350 BCE. with guest Krishnan Venkatesh of the St. John's College Eastern Classics program.

We talk about the challenges of connecting ancient Chinese and Greek philosophies and explore Mencius' distinctively Chinese take on respecting your parents.

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