Followers of the Tao ( The Way ) adhere to the teachings of the ancient Chinese religious philosophy of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, also known as the Pure One, Celestial Worthy of the Way, or Tai Shang Lao Jun The Talismanic and Register Sect of mainstream Taoism is seen as the most influential through the numerous presence of spiritual mediums.

The Taoist sage Lao Zi ( Lao Tzu ) developed a philosophy of " non-rule " in the Tao Te Ching and many Taoists in response lived an anarchist lifestyle.

Either early in her husband's reign as emperor, or while he was still the Prince of Dai, Empress Dou became a strict adherent to Taoist philosophy, as encapsulated in the writing of Lao Zi and the legendary writings attributed to the Yellow Emperor — the idea of favoring inaction over action, of non-interference with others and nature, and of thriftiness in living.

* Xun Zi, founder of Legalism ( philosophy )

Other philosophers, theorists, and schools of thought in this era were Mozi, founder of Mohism ; Mencius, a famous Confucian who expanded upon Confucius ' legacy ; Shang Yang and Han Fei, responsible for the development of ancient Chinese Legalism ( the core philosophy of the Qin Dynasty ); and Xun Zi, who was arguably the center of ancient Chinese intellectual life during his time, even more so than iconic intellectual figures such as Mencius.

Similarly, with no sense of prurient interest the male lovers of early Chinese men of great political power are mentioned in one of the earliest great works of philosophy and literature, the Zhuang Zi ( or Chuang Tzu, as it is written in the old system of romanization ).

Here the term yoga denotes a kind of " meta-theory " that can be used heuristically ; Michel Raynaud writes the other terms " Ariadne's thread " and " philosophy " as effective equivalents.

Within philosophy familiar names include Daniel Dennett who writes from a computational systems perspective, John Searle known for his controversial Chinese room, Jerry Fodor who advocates functionalism, and Douglas Hofstadter, famous for writing Gödel, Escher, Bach, which questions the nature of words and thought.

Kripke writes that this paradox is " the most radical and original skeptical problem that philosophy has seen to date.

Norbert M. Samuelson writes: "… this question of dating the universe has never been a problem of Jewish philosophy, ultimately because that philosophy … has never taken the literal meaning of the Bible to be its revealed, true meaning.

Stephen Hicks writes that to understand phenomenology, one must identify its roots in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant ( 1724 – 1804 ).

Although he is regarded by most as an excellent prose stylist, Professor John Lachs ( who is sympathetic with much of Santayana's philosophy ) writes in his book On Santayana that the latter's eloquence may ultimately be the cause of this neglect.

Being and Nothingness has been compared to Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind by Iris Murdoch, who writes that continental philosophy shares the same general orientation as English analytic philosophy.

On constitutional matters, he writes with an insight achieved by the study of political philosophy, discussing in a masterly fashion the dreams of idealists and the schemes of government proposed by statesmen.

What Ryn calls the " new Jacobinism " of the " neoconservative " philosophy is, writes Paul Edward Gottfried, also the rhetoric of Saint-Just and Trotsky, which the philosophically impoverished American Right has taken over with mindless alacrity.

Paul B. Hartzog writes in " Panarchy: Governance in the Network Age ": “ Panarchy is a transdisciplinary investigation into the political and cultural philosophy of ‘ network culture .’ The primary fields of relevance for panarchy are world politics ( international relations ), political philosophy / theory, and information technology.

Matthew Gray writes that the term denies Israel the status of a " state ", and emphasizes Israel's Zionist philosophy.

Colin McGinn includes identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth as the main topics of his book, which he writes was aimed " to bring philosophy back into philosophical logic ".

"( Chap. 23 ) On the Day of Judgement, Kempis writes that a good and pure conscience will give more joy than all the philosophy one has ever learned, fervent prayer will bring more happiness than a " multi-course banquet ", the silence will be more " exhilarating " than long tales, holy deeds will be of greater value than nice-sounding words.

Michael Lind, in his 1996 publication Up From Conservatism, writes that, though American radical centrism is today a minority political philosophy, it was, in fact, the dominant political philosophy within the United States from the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through Lyndon Johnson — a philosophy that was shared both by the presidents of that era and the majority of the American people.

Masao Abe writes in his introduction to a new English translation of Nishida's magnum opus, that if one thinks of philosophy in terms of Kant or Hegel, then there is no philosophy taking place in Japan.

The AIDS Survival project writes, " By the late ' 90s, ACT UP San Francisco developed a very different philosophy concerning AIDS treatment and began to align itself with groups that believe HIV does not cause AIDS and that it is the use of anti-HIV medications which make people get sick and die.

Noted Sikh scholar Dr. Harjinder Singh Majhail writes in his book "" Psychology of ' Sahaj ' Education in Gurbani "" ( 2010: Chandigarh: Tarlochan Publishers, ISBN 978-81-7914-300-1, p. 8-9 ), " The great Guru blesses us with a philosophy of ' sahaj ' education.

Kripke writes that this paradox is " the most radical and original skeptical problem that philosophy has seen to date " ( p. 60 ).

Despite an ambiguity due to its failure clearly to define `` relative costs '', the above exposition of fully distributed costing goes about as far as one can go toward expressing the basic philosophy of the practice.

Kern began reading a lot about the history and philosophy of Communism, but never felt there was anything he, as an individual, could do about it.

Critics differ about Swift ’ s intentions in using this faux-mathematical philosophy.

At the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi, founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha.

* Atomism, philosophy about the basic building blocks of reality

In later life Ampère claimed that he knew as much about mathematics and science when he was eighteen as ever he knew ; but, a polymath, his reading embraced history, travels, poetry, philosophy, and the natural sciences.

Porphyry seems to suggest that Ammonius was instrumental in helping Plotinus think about philosophy in new ways:

In philosophy of science, anti-realism applies chiefly to claims about the non-reality of " unobservable " entities such as electrons or hemoglobin, which are not detectable with human senses.

Where being, the noun, is readily accessible to experience and classifiable, being, the participle, is not :" In short ... philosophy may perhaps be able to tell us everything about that which reality is, but nothing at all concerning this not unimportant detail: the actual existence, or non-existence, of what we call reality ....

In an " eager fumbling manner " Pasternak explained that himself and Mandelstam each had a completely different philosophy about poetry.

The initial, and perhaps even sole task of philosophers, according to this view, is not to establish and demonstrate theories about reality, but rather to subject all theories — including those about philosophy itself — to critical review, and measure their validity by how well they withstand criticism.

At the beginning, it was considered a sort of Taoist sect, and there was even a theory about Laozi, founder of Taoism, who went to India and taught his philosophy to Buddha.

* Questions about the nature and existence of a monotheistic deity, which have profoundly influenced Western philosophy, have not been important in Chinese philosophies or a source of great conflict in Chinese traditional religion.

The Vedic literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam, reject from its very beginning kaitava-dharma or false philosophy, thus it frankly speaks about the principle of material life, and it does have a meaningful relation to celibacy.

General limitations about the structure and philosophy of CITES include: by design and intent it focuses on trade at the species level and does not address habitat loss, ecosystem approaches to conservation, or poverty ; it seeks to prevent unsustainable use rather than promote sustainable use ( which generally conflicts with the Convention on Biological Diversity ), although this has been changing ( see Nile Crocodile, African elephant, South African white rhino case studies in Hutton and Dickinson 2000 ).

At the same time, Hall frequently talked with family and friends about philosophy and how she was disappointed with the state of welfare.

In philosophy of mind, dualism is any of a narrow variety of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which claims that mind and matter are two ontologically separate categories.

" As such, it is both part of the field of education and a field of applied philosophy, drawing from fields of metaphysics, epistemology, axiology and the philosophical approaches ( speculative, prescriptive, and / or analytic ) to address questions in and about pedagogy, education policy, and curriculum, as well as the process of learning, to name a few.

The doctor, only five years older than Allen, taught the younger Allen a great deal about philosophy and political theory, while Allen was able to bring to Young his appreciation of nature and life on the frontier.

* The Art of Unix Usability, the book about programming and user interface philosophy in UNIX

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Although a steadfast proponent of a radical and rational autonomy in all things, Husserl could also speak " about his vocation and even about his mission under God's will to find new ways for philosophy and science ," observes Spiegelberg.