The adept of Taoism, in his attempt to become a superior man will dedicate himself, ore to actions which can have a strong social impact. Instead he will focus upon actions such contemplation of himself and the universal energy. The reward of the Taoist superior man is to be achieved in another life (this implies the belief in reincarnation). It must be underlined that despite these differences, the final result includes both the development of the individual and that of society (and from this all the other individual benefit as well). All in all, it can be stated that the conceptual differences regarding the idea of the superior man in the Confucian and Taoist philosophies have more to do with form and less with...

The ultimate goal is that of developing both the individual and society ( although in Taoism the development of the latter is implicit). This is in fact one of the factors which allowed both philosophies to function in a parallel manner and influence religious thought paradigms throughout the world.
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