The Philosophy of the Daodejing - Softcover

Moeller, Hans-Georg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 023113679X ISBN 13: 9780231136792

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2006

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Book by Moeller HansGeorg

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Críticas:

Intelligent, readable, and relevant... Highly recommended. Choice Moeller has done a commendable job of taking this text seriously and drawing out a range of valuable themes and issues. -- Philip J. Ivanhoe Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Intriguing and worthwhile. -- Erica Brindley Journal of Chinese Philosophy an intriguing rumination upon the 'meaning' of the Daode jing (or Laozi), and upon how 'we'-that is, the postmodern Western intellectual-ought to approach it. -- Russell Kirkland Religious Studies Review

Reseña del editor:

For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure. Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent description and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejing also offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace. An illuminating exploration, The Daodejing is an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 023113679X
• ISBN 13: 9780231136792
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184