A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)

This work examined the thoughts of Taoism as propounded by Lao-Tzu and Complementary Reflection as propounded by Asouzu to discover their nexus and their point of diversion. One basic difference between the two is that complementary reflection is not a religion but Taoism is at once a philosophy and...

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Main Author: Peter Bisong Bisong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas PGRI Madiun 2021-01-01
Series:Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal
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Online Access:http://e-journal.unipma.ac.id/index.php/SHE/article/view/8548
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spelling doaj-d689a8bf0c9b4ee1987cdb91e4eb44262021-10-04T04:43:45ZengUniversitas PGRI MadiunSocial Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal2723-36262720-99462021-01-012110.25273/she.v2i1.85482870A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)Peter Bisong Bisong0Department of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, NigeriaThis work examined the thoughts of Taoism as propounded by Lao-Tzu and Complementary Reflection as propounded by Asouzu to discover their nexus and their point of diversion. One basic difference between the two is that complementary reflection is not a religion but Taoism is at once a philosophy and a religion. Notwithstanding the differences in nuances, contents and emphasis, we discovered a striking similarity between the two thoughts – there are geared towards complementarity. However, I believe the major weakness of Taoism over complementary reflection surrounds the concept of Tao, which is a mysterious unverifiable principle of integration.http://e-journal.unipma.ac.id/index.php/SHE/article/view/8548taoismcomplementary reflectionibuanyidandamissing linkstao.
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title A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)
title_short A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)
title_full A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)
title_fullStr A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAOISM AND COMPLEMENTARY REFLECTION (IBUANYIDANDA PHILOSOPHY)
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title_sort comparative analysis of taoism and complementary reflection (ibuanyidanda philosophy)
publisher Universitas PGRI Madiun
series Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal
issn 2723-3626
2720-9946
publishDate 2021-01-01
description This work examined the thoughts of Taoism as propounded by Lao-Tzu and Complementary Reflection as propounded by Asouzu to discover their nexus and their point of diversion. One basic difference between the two is that complementary reflection is not a religion but Taoism is at once a philosophy and a religion. Notwithstanding the differences in nuances, contents and emphasis, we discovered a striking similarity between the two thoughts – there are geared towards complementarity. However, I believe the major weakness of Taoism over complementary reflection surrounds the concept of Tao, which is a mysterious unverifiable principle of integration.
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ibuanyidanda
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tao.
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