Abstract

The ideas of the Mohist school of thought underwent a change from the middle of the Warring States period. They gradually moved away from the religious and superstitious elements of the ideas of the early Mohists. Now the emphasis was on knowledge of productive technology and the natural sciences, and a study was made of the theory of knowledge as well as of logic. The ideas of the Mohist school were thus set on the road of science and reason. During the Warring States period, the Mohists waged a struggle against idealism, and by this struggle, established a materialist ideological system.