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FLOURISHING AS AN INTEGRATED ORGANISM — CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION
“Given the striking similarities between principles that govern human nature and those that direct the growth and flourishing of the natural world, what can we learn about human flourishing by applying Mencius’s metaphor of cultivation?”
Part II of a mini series of essays excerpted from Jeremy Lent’s brilliant The Web of Meaning. #consciousevolution
https://www.consciousevolution.co.uk/blog/flourishing-as-an-integrated-organism
Given the striking similarities between principles that govern human nature and those that direct the growth and flourishing of the natural world, what can we learn about human flourishing by applying Mencius’s metaphor of cultivation?