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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459851503321

Autore

Perkins Franklin

Titolo

Heaven and earth are not humane : the problem of evil in classical Chinese philosophy / / Franklin Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-253-01176-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

World Philosophies

Disciplina

170.931

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese - To 221 B.C

Good and evil

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Abbreviated Citations; Introduction: Philosophy in a Cross-Cultural Contex; 1 Formations of the Problem of Evil; 2 The Efficacy of Human Action and the Mohist Opposition to Fate; 3 Efficacy and Following Nature in the Dàodéjīng; 4 Reproaching Heaven and Serving Heaven in the Mèngzĭ; 5 Beyond the Human in the Zhuāngzĭ; 6 Xúnzĭ and the Fragility of the Human; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

<P>That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.</P>