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Record Nr.

UNINA9910372746303321

Autore

Ahn Jaewon

Titolo

Confucius and Cicero : Old Ideas for a New World, New Ideas for an Old World / / Andrea Balbo, Jaewon Ahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 2020

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2019]

©2020

ISBN

3-11-061680-7

3-11-061700-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216)

Collana

Roma Sinica ; ; 1

Disciplina

181.112

Soggetti

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Europe Civilization Confucian influences

Korea Civilization Foreign influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Roma Sinica and Confucius and Cicero: extending the boundaries and constructing relationships -- Comparing Confucius and Cicero: Problems and Possibilities -- The Private and the Public in the Republic and in the Analects -- Confucian and Daoist, Stoic and Epicurean. Some Parallels in Ways of Living -- Mind, Heaven, and Ritual in the Xunzi -- The Latin translations of Confucius' Dialogues (Lun Yu). A comparison of key concepts -- Is Confucius a Sinicus Cicero? -- Humanitas: Universalism, equivocation, and basic criterion -- Becoming human(e): Confucius' Way to仁 and the Imitation of Christ in Yi Byeok's Essence of Sacred Doctrine (聖敎要旨; Seonggyo yoji) -- Pietas in pro Sexto Roscio of Cicero and Confucian 孝(xiao) -- "Be modest and avoid wastefulness": table manners and beyond from Confucius to Xi Jinping -- Cicero and Confucius: Similitude in Disguise -- General bibliography -- Index of names, main concepts and texts -- Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the relationships between ancient Roman and Confucian thought, paying particular attention to their relevance for the



contemporary world. More than 10 scholars from all around the world offer thereby a reference work for the comparative research between Roman (and early Greek) and Eastern thought, setting new trends in the panorama of Classical and Comparative Studies.