The Penumbra unbound [[electronic resource] ] : the neo-Taoist philosophy of Guo Xiang / / Brook Ziporyn

• Autore: Ziporyn Brook <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 181/.114
• Soggetto topico: Taoist philosophy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- The Penumbra Unbound -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I -- Introduction -- The Classical Chinese Philosophical Background -- An Overview of Guo Xiang's Philosophical Project -- The Problem of Spontaneity and Morality in Earlier Xuanxue -- Guo's Solution:The Image of Traces -- The Dangers of Traces -- Part II -- Interactivity Without Traces: "Vanishing (Into) Things" -- The Unification of Independence and Interdependence -- Part III -- Lone-Transformation -- The Unity of Activity and Nonactivity -- Appendix A -- Guo Xiang's Use of the Term Xing:The Inherency of Change and the Confluence of Chance, Freedom, and Necessity in the Notion of the Self-So -- Appendix B -- Comparative Notes on Freedom and Determinism -- Notes -- PART I -- PART II -- PART III -- APPENDICES -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the work of Guo Xiang, a Neo-Taoist thinker who developed a radical philosophy of freedom and spontaneity.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Penumbra unbound
• ISBN: 0-7914-8716-4; 1-4175-0684-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823085903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II