Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Mo Tzu

 

Mo Tzu (5th century BCE Chinese theologian and philosopher)

“Now what does Heaven desire and what does it hate? Heaven desires righteousness and hates unrighteousness.”

  • From the Basic Writings of Mo Tzu (The Will of Heaven, part I, section 26), translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1963).

 

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