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Introduction to Philosophy Test 4

Submit your test as a single Word doc. or .docx email attachment. Do NOT submit links to documents such as Google Docs. Please cite your sources in your short answers or essays, as appropriate.

It is strongly recommended that you submit the test early, as students may not submit Test 4 late. If you wait until the last minute, you run the risk of missing the deadline.

You will be referring to the TAO TE CHING (edited by Stephen Addiss), the required book this class. Also, you should refer to the following articles in addition to material discussed via remote class discussion on Webex:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-chinese/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/laozi/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confucius/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/daoism/

Part I - Long Answer(s) - 250 words for each of your three selections (750 words total). This section is worth up to 20 points for each long answer, or 60 points total.

Pick three seemingly contradictory and/or perplexing and/or counterintuitive quotes from the TAO TE CHING

(edited by Stephen Addiss) and reflect upon them, in light of your understanding of Daoism, keeping in mind specific concepts such as wuwei , yin-yang, the dao and chi. Explore the possible meaning of each quote. Please analyze each quote individually and be sure to include the complete direct quotes you refer to with a page citation.

Part II - Essay (750 words) This section is worth up to 40 points total.

Confucianism and Daoism are two very different and seemingly opposing Eastern philosophies, yet they have coexisted for millennia. Compare and contrast these two schools of philosophy, their core tenets, and the lives of their respective founders.