Nature Prescribes Laws to Humans: The Ziran of the Myriad Things in Early Daoism

This essay examines the nature of things in early Daoism via the lens of comparative philosophy. Daoism uses ziran 自然 (spontaneity) to express the nature of things. I explore the ziran or spontaneity of the myriad things through the analysis of de 德, sheng 生 (xing 性), and freedom (ziyou 自由). The sec...

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Main Author: Liu, Jing (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Nature
B ziran 自然
B Spontaneity
B de 德
B Freedom
B sheng 生
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