This open access book presents a new translation interpretation and analysis of selected
passages from the so-called Mohist Canon a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE and discusses the
role of the text in the world history of science arguing that it represents an early emergence
of theoretical systematized knowledge that is independent from parallel developments in
ancient Greece. It is aimed at historians of science of knowledge and of philosophy and
generally at readers interested in these topics from an intercultural perspective and
particularly with respect to China.
