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" When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others. "
The Chinese Classics - Page 141
by James Legge - 1867
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A History of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 1

Youlan Feng - Philosophy - 1983 - 498 pages
...wrong), he stops. Conscientiousness to others (chung &) and altruism (shu ig) arc not far from the Way. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others. would require my minister to serve me, I am not yet able ; to serve my elder brother as I would require...
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New Outlook, Volume 6

New Thought - 1953 - 1224 pages
...and practical effort to achieve it. Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, twenty-five hundred years ago said, "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." Our own Abraham Lincoln used about the same tone in modern style when he said that those who deny freedom...
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Benevolent Living: Tracing the Roots of Motivation to God

Richard Hazelett, Dean Turner - Happiness - 1990 - 456 pages
...and just man."5 Natural morality is much like the Golden Rule. Confucius stated it in negative form: What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others. The validity of this rule is acknowledged within all authentic religions and is thus a part of the conscience...
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Osler: Inspirations from a Great Physician

Charles S. Bryan - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 290 pages
...corrective — the practice towards patients of the Golden Rule of Humanity as announced by Confucius: "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others," — so familiar to us in its positive form as the great Christian counsel of perfection, in which alone...
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The Social Record of Christianity

Joseph McCabe - Business & Economics - 2000 - 212 pages
...champions of Christ's unique moral genius will have it that Confucius gave it only in the negative form. "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." As the Christian decalogue consists almost entirely of negations, that is not bad. But in the llth...
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Osler's "a Way of Life" and Other Addresses, with Commentary and Annotations

Sir William Osler - Medical ethics - 2001 - 416 pages
...rule: Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31. Also, Confucius, (Analects, book 5, chap. 11, and book 12, chap. 2): "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others." 75. St. Augustine (354-430): Early Christian Church father and philosopher who exerted enormous influence...
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Excel Senior High School Studies of Religion

Louise Fleming - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 360 pages
...emphasis to the ethical meaning of human relationships, which is encapsulated in Confucius's golden rule: 'What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others.' Confucius avoided religious speculation, but recognised the importance of ancestor worship and believed...
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The Future Without a Past: The Humanities in a Technological Society

John Paul Russo - Philosophy - 2005 - 313 pages
...the Way as both a mean between extremes and the "principle of reciprocity": the Confucian text reads, "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others."39 When Confucius or Tsze-sze calls the Way a means of self-completion, he does not advocate...
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The Life and Teachings of Confucius, Volume 1

James Legge - Philosophy - 2006 - 353 pages
...the ' no I ' (freedom from selfishness) is not easily reached," In the Doctrine of the Mean, XIII. 8, it is said, "What you do not like when done to yourself,...the two adverbs used, the one prohibitive, and the others simple, unconstrained, negation. The golden rule of the Gospel is higher than both, — " Do...
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Achievement as Value in the Igbo/African Identity: The Ethics

Vernantius Emeka Ndukaihe - Philosophy - 2006 - 452 pages
...available records, it was probably first formulated by Confucius some five hundred years before Christ -"What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others" - and the multitude of different formulations testify to its widespread acceptance and influence. One...
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