Mozi
~470–391 BCE
“Impartial care for all. Utility as the standard. Against extravagance and elaborate funerals.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- UIUniversalist Impulse10 / 10
- POPractical Orientation9 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- TETrust in Experience8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Peter SingerFORGE
All animals are equal. Effective altruism. Save lives where you can, with what you have.
- John RawlsFORGE
Justice as fairness. Choose principles behind a veil of ignorance. The least advantaged must benefit.
- CondorcetFORGE
Sketch of human progress — optimism written in hiding from the guillotine.
- Chen DuxiuFORGE
Founder of Chinese Communism — New Youth's call to science and democracy.
- ComteFORGE
Three stages of human knowledge: theological, metaphysical, positive. Sociology is queen of sciences.
- Joseph PriestleyFORGE
Necessity, materialism, oxygen — Unitarian radical chemist.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Mozi's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Mozi or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREMozi vs Peter SingerOn Mull's map Peter Singer sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶