Lao-tzu: Taoism and Moral Philosophy

Lao-tzu Believed in Tao Te Ching The way amours be The Tao is the way, law, principle. Essence, balance of nature 1. The Tao escapes precise definition 2. Tao is intangible, its energy 3. Tao is powerful, hu humankinds are weak 4. Radical Naturalism Tao is a force of nature not a force of spirit * cunningistry over science art is wiser, deeper * Intuition over logic * temper over clubhouse. Social Pessimism (Escapism) E precise society is corrupted bureaucracy society restricts you gives you an artificial life 5. Structure of the Tao Yin female slow dark shadow passive intuitive earth Yang male fast bright mean solar day aggressive logical skyYin and Yang are immortals they dedicate a love/ amaze relationship apiece person has yin and yang 6. The wu-wei non-action, respect to the flow of time, the art of waiting. confrontation of confusious Buddha Buddha is a ghostlikeist, a prince, gifted 1. Darhma (The get wording) -what is the meaning of human life? Dukkha suffering , fight, struggle, contention Why do we inflict upon ourselves unnecessary suffering? Tanha egotism, selfishness, Trrisha greed, addiction to diversion Hu enterism seeking pleasure over pain. Seeking pleasure is a very sophisticated trap any addiction Is loss of freedom.You become a slave of your pleasure What to do? Anatta abstinence, restrained. No to any excessive pleasure. The art of no. What is the purpose? Anicca liberation from addiction 2. The eight fold awful Path Panna wisdom 1. Understanding 2. Purpose sila conflict 3. Speech 4. look Five moral rules do not kill, steal, adultry, drugs, gossips brook consistancy in your morality, hypocracy corrupts you, dont live a double life, fake identity step 1-5 are for normal hatful 6-8 are for monks or nuns Samadhi Contemplation 6. reason you check up on your body, physical needs, tell body when to sleep and eat 7. houghtfulness control your emotions 8. Dhayana deep meditation control your intellect. 3. Karma 3 type s of karma * Sabija Karma my birth karma. Born with finale in sould, reincarnation 4. Nirvana Two kingdoms of reality Samsava kingdom of pleasure, alter Alaya Vijhara The Kingdom of internal ideas, deep Nirvana the state of eternal phantasmal bliss Protageras He was king of sophists in athences. Sophist pofessional teacher 1. Panton anttropas metron man is the measure of all things 2. Subjectivism there is no objective justice, every integrity is somebodys impartiality, or has its face 3.Relativism as many people as many truths, they are all match. Accepting diversity 4. realism truth has to be helpful, practical, useful 5. Conventionalism truth is what we have concur upon (sometimes silently) Ex cultural expectations, gender roles 6. Conformism truth of the majority has to be respected by the minorities 7. Tolerance The truth of the minority has to be tolerated by the majority He reminds me of president obama because his ideas reflect democratic beliefs. Socrates 1. Choti Seanton Know Yourself We earthly concern are animals + Animals + psyche ( soul)Care for your soul Soul = my self reflection We are reflective animals To reflect = to have knowledge I know that I know nothing a life unexamined is not worth quick 2. Epistemology (4 principles) Define the basic concepts as clear as you can, avoid misunderstandings assumet be afraid of intellectual contradictions, diversity in opinions Socratic irony, dont lose your sense of humor, dont condense yourself so seriously Only god knows the absolute truth, our human truth is limited Protageras absolute truth doesnt exist Socrates absolute truth exits but tho god knows 3. example Philosophy The essence of morality is to teach us arete virtue, skills Perfect your skills, perectionism Its better to not be committed than to have a loose commitment Skills =knowledge Life-long education, ignorance is the mother of all plague 4. The idea of god deity is the one, god is the absolute wisdom God is my moral voc ation God is the voice of my conscience He believes in one god, god speaks to us from inside Find god with self reflection Plato Rich talented, student of socrates 1. Ontology What is the social organisation of reality? macrocosm essence deep form logical traditional moral spiritual eternal Becoming surface, shallow, content, fashionable immoral material temporary What is the structure of being? Being consists of eidoses Eidos spiritual form, intellectual bluepring , the law, the mold, the model Anything that exists physically has an eidos, it creates each specific physical ting Invention does not exist discovery, sooner discovery eidos exists but its like a cold sun without rays The eidos of eidoses is worthiness 2. Epistemelogy LevelsRealityKnowledge 1.Fake images illusions, kingdom of the stupid, wild imagination 2. Physcial things, kingdom of the everyday life, practical communal sense 3. Low level idoses, kingdom of the professional, professional analytic mind 4. High eido ses, (love, justice, forgiveness) kingdom of the genius, the intellectual intuition of the genius 1 and 2 is becoming 3 and 4 is being 1 is artificial life, grammatical construction a bubble around yourself 2. Practical things know how to take financial aid of yourself 3. Professional knowledge become an expert in a unfastened need an analytical mind 4.Very few geniuses, scoop up of the best, shakespeare, einstein, mozart. Have a gift from god or not, only males are geniuses, women are naturally born with common sens e and to become a genius you have to kill your common sense, every genius is a harum-scarum 3. Moral Philosophy To be moral means to have a arete virture The fear of social change, social disorder, social chaos. Arete = not so lots perfection but discipline, obe dience, good organization, loyalty Plato supports closed social illuminatees doesnt like social mobility, caste system 4. Hates democracy.Problems are phony promises of politicians, equal political rights for unequally educated people, excessive freedoms result is anarchy and absolutism he wants aristocratic republic Reminds me of hitler Aristotle Platos student 1. Ontology The kingdom of eidoses doesnt exist, only nature does exist. Nature is a sum total of physical things every physical thing consists of hyle body, matter and telos form Telos not so untold outer form but an inner form the potential of the thing its prgram Dna ex potential of talent God is the telos of nature when you die your telos dies god and nature coexist eternally 2.Eistemology Using observation and experimentation collect all relevant facts, using analysis, find out the laws of those facts, using logic, combine these laws into a comprehensive theory Scientific theory 3. Moral Philosophy Nicomachagu Ethics Eudaimonia noble destiny, fulfiling duty Sophro syhe moderation Have good taste keep the mean, be a gentleman cope with your telos he believes all of us have gifts a duty to fulfill your gift, work hard we each have gifts to different degrees Dont betray yourself (lie, cheat)Every betrayal starts as self betrayal you destroy yourself and then destroy everyone around you Honesty and integrity Obstacles dont devaluate them but dont overestimate them Pleasure not the goal of your activity but a by product Build your temper its better to be always bad then unpridictable either be always bad or always bood Friendship be a good loyal friend 4. Political Philosophy Democracy is the best regime Democracy is the power of middle class The middle class is the foundation of the healthy society