1) From “Against Offensive Warfare”: “Now if there were a man who, on seeing a little bit of black, called it black but, on seeing a lot of black, called it white, we would conclude that he could not tell the difference between black and white…Now when a great wrong is committed and a state is attacked, men do not know enough to condemn it, but on the contrary praise it and call it righteous” (Tzu 254).
What is the point of Mo Tzu’s discussion of black and white? What is he saying about human perceptions of scale? What does this say of humanity?
What is the point of Mo Tzu’s discussion of black and white? What is he saying about human perceptions of scale? What does this say of humanity?