PREMIUM-Ep. 315: Mengzi (Mencius) on Virtuous Leaders (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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To conclude our treatment of this seminal Confucian text, we consider a particularly puzzling passage about ethics and then move to politics and economics.

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0:00.0	You're about to hear a preview of partially examined life supporter exclusive content.
0:10.5	To learn how to get the whole thing, check out partiallyexaminedlife.com slash support.
0:14.5	Hey, this is the partially examined life episode 315 part 2.
0:21.3	Finishing up our discussion of the Mung Tzu or Menchis.
0:24.7	I know there was one we identified a whole article about it just based on a footnote in our
0:30.2	version by David Nivason that was an analysis of 7 a 17.
0:36.0	Seth, do you want to read either of the translations that we have of this?
0:40.3	Sure.
0:41.3	Let me read the translation we have the bloom.
0:44.3	Yes.
0:45.3	And then I'll tell you what nivenson has to do with this.
0:48.3	So in our translation, it says do not do what you would not do.
0:52.7	Do not wish what you would not wish only be like this.
0:57.2	And then he does a dance.
0:59.0	Only be like this.
1:00.4	Yes.
1:01.4	It does sound like good song lyrics.
1:03.9	I think it would suit.
1:05.4	It would suit certain the chorus.
1:07.2	Just be like this.
1:08.2	Just be like this.
1:09.2	Do not do what you would not do.
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