Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism

While exploring the different philosophies that we have studied so far I immediately found myself drawn to the beliefs and morals of Daoism because they represented an ideal life of peace that begins with an inner sense of morality shared by everyone. I noticed that almost everyone has a similar opinion and idealizes this philosophy.

I think that the entire world reflects a mixture of implementing all of these philosophies in everyday life. There seems to be a balance of Confucius’ ideals of order and piety, Lao Tzu’s belief of Wu Wei, and Han Fei’s strict and orderly ideals. It seems that when one of these approaches overpowers all of the other ones and there is an imbalance that disorder arises.

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