Ancient Chinese Philosophers

The seemingly unitary label of ‘Chinese Philosophy’ hides a myriad of philosophical perspectives, best understood in light of both other dominant intellectual traditions in then-China, as well as the cultural and political situation within which each prominent thinker was writing.

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