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Mohist Canons
Mohist Canons

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[Revised entry by Chris Fraser on September 2, 2024.
Changes to: Bibliography]
The Mohist Canons are a set of brief statements on a variety of philosophical and other topics by anonymous members of the Mohist school, an influential philosophical, social, and religious movement of China’s Warring States period (479 – 221 B.C.).[1] Written and compiled most likely between the late 4th and mid 3rd century B.C., the Canons are often referred to as the…

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