Human nature, ritual, and history : studies in Xunzi and Chinese philosophy

Human nature, ritual, and history : studies in Xunzi and Chinese philosophy / by Antonio S. Cua.

"In this volume, distinguished philosopher Antonio S. Cua offers a collection of original studies on Xunzi, a leading classical Confucian thinker, and on other aspects of Chinese philosophy. While each essay individually makes an important contribution to the study of Chinese philosophy, the bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cua, A. S. (Antonio S.), 1932-2007 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2005.
Series:Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 43.
Subjects:
Xunzi, > 340 B.C.-245 B.C. > Xunzi.
Xunzi. > Xunzi.
Xunzi (Xunzi)
To 221 B.C.
Philosophy, Confucian.
Philosophy, Chinese > To 221 B.C.
RELIGION > Confucianism.
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Philosophy, Chinese
Philosophy, Confucian
Philosophie
Filosofie.
Ethiek.
China
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Xunzi's moral philosophy
  • Philosophy of human nature
  • Dimensions of Li
  • Ethical uses of the past
  • The problem of conceptual unity
  • The unity of virtues
  • The possibility of ethical knowledge
  • The ethical and the religious dimensions of Li
  • Ethical significance of shame: insights of Aristotle and Xunzi
  • pt. 2. Other studies in Chinese philosophy
  • Practical causation and Confucian ethics
  • Moral theory and the quality of life
  • Confucian vision and the human community
  • Ethical significance of Thomé H. Fang's philosophy
  • Reason and principle in Chinese philosophy
  • Emergence of the history of Chinese philosophy
  • Xin (mind/heart) and moral failure: notes on an aspect of Mencius's moral psychology.

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