Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi write by T. C. Kline. This book was released on 2000-01-01. Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Xunzi is traditionally identified as the third philosopher in the Confucian tradition, after Confucius and Mencius. Unlike the work of his two predecessors, he wrote complete essays in which he defends his own interpretation of the Confucian position and attacks the positions of others. Within the early Chinese tradition, Xunzi's writings are arguably the most sophisticated and philosophically developed. This richness of philosophical content has led to a lively discussion of his philosophy among contemporary scholars. This volume collects some of the most accessible and important contemporary essays on the thought of Xunzi, with an Introduction that provides historical background, philosophical context, and relates each of the selections to Xunzi's philosophy as a whole and to the themes of virtue, nature, and moral agency. These themes are also discussed in relation to Western philosophical concerns.
Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi
Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi write by T. C. Kline III. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Challenges traditional views to consider Xunzi as a religious thinker. Xunzi, a founding figure in the Confucian tradition, is one of the worlds great philosophers and theorists of religion. For much of the last century, his work has been seen largely as critical of religion, particularly the popular beliefs and invocations of supernatural forces that underpin so many religious rituals. Contributors to this volume challenge this view and offer a more sophisticated picture of Xunzi. He emerges not as critic, but rather as an adherent of religion who seeks to give religious practices meaning even though many religious beliefs are mistaken or self-serving. Each essay offers a powerful illustration of Xunzi as both a religious devotee and as a philosopher of religion, drawing on a wide array of disciplines and methodologies.
Xunzi
Xunzi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Xunzi write by Xunzi. This book was released on 2014-10-05. Xunzi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought. Through essays, poetry, dialogues, and anecdotes, the Xunzi articulates a Confucian perspective on ethics, politics, warfare, language, psychology, human nature, ritual, and music, among other topics. Aimed at general readers and students of Chinese thought, Eric Hutton’s translation makes the full text of this important work more accessible in English than ever before. Named for its purported author, the Xunzi (literally, “Master Xun”) has long been neglected compared to works such as the Analects of Confucius and the Mencius. Yet interest in the Xunzi has grown in recent decades, and the text presents a much more systematic vision of the Confucian ideal than the fragmented sayings of Confucius and Mencius. In one famous, explicit contrast to them, the Xunzi argues that human nature is bad. However, it also allows that people can become good through rituals and institutions established by earlier sages. Indeed, the main purpose of the Xunzi is to urge people to become as good as possible, both for their own sakes and for the sake of peace and order in the world. In this edition, key terms are consistently translated to aid understanding and line numbers are provided for easy reference. Other features include a concise introduction, a timeline of early Chinese history, a list of important names and terms, cross-references, brief explanatory notes, a bibliography, and an index.
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Second Edition)
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Second Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Second Edition) write by Philip J. Ivanhoe. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Second Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues 'Robber Zhi' and 'White Horse'; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane write by Franklin Perkins. This book was released on 2014-05-23. Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
