An Analysis of Confucius’ Viewpoint of Morality by the Axiomatic Interpretation of the Analects

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10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.178How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Analects, Axiomatic interpretation, Logical system, The viewpoint of morality, Confucius’ thought.

Abstract

By reviewing the research history of the Analects, we expound the necessity and the possibility of the axiomatic interpretation of the Analects, and adopt an axiomatic approach to establish a deductive system built upon the fundamentals of the Analects. That is, after making some basic assumptions and giving some basic definitions, we formulate some axioms, and prove through deduction the series of propositions contained in the Analects by logical reasoning. In this way, the logical system of Confucius’ thought implied in the Analects can be further brought to light.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiao-Qing Gan
AU  - Long-Yang Sang
PY  - 2018/05
DA  - 2018/05
TI  - An Analysis of Confucius’ Viewpoint of Morality by the Axiomatic Interpretation of the Analects
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Management, Economics and Social Development (ICMESD 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1033
EP  - 1037
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/icmesd-18.2018.178
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