Li Ao (fl. A.D. 798), Chinese philosopher who learned Buddhist dialects and...

Li Chi ('Record of Rites'), Chinese Confucian treatise, one of the three...

Li-ch’i technical term in Chinese Neo-Confucianism primarily used in the context...

Li-i-fen-shu a Chinese phrase meaning 'Principle is one while duties or...

Li1 Chinese term meaning 'pattern', 'principle', 'good order', 'inherent order', or...

Li2 Chinese term meaning 'rite', 'ritual', 'etiquette', 'ritual propriety'. In its...

Li3 Chinese term meaning 'profit' or 'benefit', and probably with the...

Liability responsibility See RESPONSIBILITY.

Liang Ch’i-ch’ao (1873–1929), Chinese scholar and writer. A disciple of K'ang Yu-wei,...

Liang Sou-ming (1893–1988), Chinese philosopher branded as the last Confucian. He actually...

Liar cycle See SEMANTIC PARADOXES.

Liar paradox See SEMANTIC PARADOXES.

Liberal theory of the state See LOCKE, POLITICAL. PHILOSOPH.

Liberalism a political philosophy first formulated during the Enlightenment in response...

Libertarianism, metaphysical See FREE WILL PROB -. LE.

Libertarianism, political See POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

Liberty See FREE WILL PROBLEM, HOHFELD, JURIS -. PRUDENCE , POLITICAL...

Liberty of indifference See FREE WILL PROBLEM,. HUM.

Liberty of spontaneity See FREE WILL PROBLEM,. HUM.

Liberty of the ancients See CONSTANT.

Liberty of the moderns See CONSTANT.

Liberty right See RIGHTS.

Liberum arbitrium Latin expression meaning 'free judgment', often used to refer to...

Lieh Tzu also called Lieh Yu-K'ou (440?–360? . .), Chinese Taoist philosopher...

Life space See LEWIN.

Life world See HUSSERL.

Light of nature See DESCARTES.

Limited variety, principle of See MILL 's METHODS.

Limiting case an individual or subclass of a given background class that...

Linear order See RELATION.