Jean-Paul Reding

Comparative Essays in Early Greek and Chinese Rational Thinking

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays, by Reding, in the emergent field of Sino-Hellenic studies, explores the neglected inchoative strains of rational thought in ancient China and compares them to similar themes in ancient Greek thought, right at the beginnings of philosophy in both cultures. Reding develops and defends the bold hypothesis that Greek and Chi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367887810
• ISBN-10: 0367887819
• Artikelnr.: 58438179

Autorenporträt

Jean-Paul Reding

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
'Contradiction is impossible'
The origin of logic in China
Philosophy and geometry in early China
Greek and Chinese categories
Words for atoms - atoms for words: comparative considerations on the origins of atomism in ancient Greece and on the absence of atomism in ancient China
Light and the mirror in Greece and China: elements of comparative metaphorology
'To be' in Greece and China
Chinese characters and texts
Bibliography
Index.