Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780415939133 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 1020 str.

Antonio S. Cua

Opis

Serving as a gateway to Chinese thought, the Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy is a resource for both the scholar and the general reader. This text introducing the significant historical periods of Chinese philosophy ancient and modern offers insight into the ideas of important thinkers and elementary concepts in philosophical discourse as well as addressing the major conundrums found within various Chinese disciplines.

Spis treści

Entries include: Aesthetics * Buddhism in China * Chen-Jen (true person) * Ch'eng I * Chün-Tzu (ethically superior person) * Confucian Tradition * Confucianism in Japan * Ethical Argumentation * Intercultural Hermeneutics * Jen (benevolence) * Later Mohism * Legalism * Mao Tse-Tung * Mou Tsung-San * Mythology and Early Chinese Thought * Philosophy of Literature * Pi (obscuration, blindness) * Problem of Translation * School of Names * Tao (way) * Wang Fu-Chih * Yang Chu * Yu-Wu (being, non-being) * and many more.

O autorze

Antonio S. Cua, currently on the faculty at The Catholic University of America, is a past president of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and past president and chairman of the Executive Board of the International Society of Chinese Philosophy. Professor Cua's works include Ethical Argumentation: A Study in Hsün Tzu's Moral Epistemology, Unity of Knowledge and Action: A Study in Wang Yang-Ming's Moral Psychology, and many other books and journal articles.