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M1 Unit 7 Journal

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Unit 7 Journal This week I learned about philosophers from around the world: Wang Yangming, Kwasi Wiredu, and Voltaire. The most interesting part, in my opinion, was Wang’s philosophy of “unity of knowledge and action”. The unity of knowledge (moral) and action refers to the way the philosopher perceives the self and the world (Kim, n.d). In Wang’s view knowledge and action work simultaneously and can’t be experienced independently. It is not possible to acquire knowledge without action or act and not have knowledge. The unity of knowledge and action is the lingzhi or the innate knowledge, the knowledge that people already possess (Kim, n.d). What is more, Wang believes that knowledge cannot be acquired because humans are already “self-sufficient

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