Dao companion to neo-Confucian philosophy / editor, John Makeham.
This is the first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical thinking of representative Neo-Confucian thinkers from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries. The volume describes the contributions these thinkers made to debates and discussions associated with the inte...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; London :
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[2010]
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| Series: | Dao companions to Chinese philosophy ;
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This is the first volume in English to provide a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical thinking of representative Neo-Confucian thinkers from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries. The volume describes the contributions these thinkers made to debates and discussions associated with the interpretation and deployment of key concepts and issues such as: sagehood; xing (human nature); xin (heart/mind); li (principle) and qi (vital force); dao; tian (heaven); ren (humanity); qing (feeling); cheng (sincerity); knowledge; learning; innate capacities vs. learned capacities; self-cultivation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xliii, 488 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280000074 9048129303 9781280000072 9789048129300 |