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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 3 / 2010  
         
  Article:   XUNZI’S PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN NATURE.

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  Abstract:  Generally, Xunzi is known to represent the realist side of confucianism at the end of the pre-imperial era. His theory about the evil human nature follows the conception of the confucian school. Human nature is analyzed according to the dichotomy inborn nature – artificial nature, and the contradictions generated are revealed.

Keywords: confucianism, human nature, inborn nature, acquired nature, social construct.
 
         
     
         
         
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