Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China

by A. C. Graham

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"A history of Chinese philosophy in the so-called Axial Period (the period of classical Greek and Indian philosophy), during which time China evolved the characteristic ways of thought that sustained both its empire and its culture for over 2000 years. It is comprehensive, lucid, almost simple in its presentation, yet backed up with incomparable authority amid a well-honed discretion that unerringly picks out the core of any theme. Garlanded with tributes even before publication, it has show more redrawn the map of its subject and will be the one essential guide for any future exploration. For anyone interested in the affinities between ancient Chinese and modern Western philosophy, there is no better introduction" --Contemporary Review "The book is an expression of first-rate scholarship, filled with deep insights into classical Chinese thought. At the same time, it provides a comprehensive and well-balanced discussion that is accessible to the general reader. It is the rare kind of book that will be used as a standard text in introductory courses and be regularly consulted and cited by specialists working in the field." --Philosophical Review "For those who will read only one book on Chinese philosophy, A. C. Graham's Disputers of the Tao is it." --Journal of the History of Philosophy A. C. Graham (1919-1991) is considered by many to have been the leading world authority on Chinese thought, grammar, and textual criticism and the greatest translator of Chinese since Waley. He taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (where he was Professor of Classical Chinese until 1988) Yale, Ann Arbor, Tsing Hua, Brown, and Honolulu. He was a Fellow of the British Academy. His numerous works include Two Chinese Philosophers (1958), Poems of the Late T'ang (1965), Chuang-tzu: the Seven Inner Chapters (1981), and Studies in Chinese Philosophical Literature (1986). show less

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EL DAO EN DISPUTA
LA ARGUMENTACIÓN FILOSÓFICA EN LA CHINA ANTIGUA

China remite sus ideas básicas a la época de despertares que
abarca de 800 a 200 a.С. y que Jaspers llarnó la "Edad Axial",
aquella en que vivieron los filósofos griegos e indios, los profetas
hebreos y Zaratustra, época en que surgieron los pensamientos
básicos de los que se han nutrido desde entonces las
civilizaciones del Viejo Mundo. Esta obra es una historia general
de la filosofia china en la época clásica (500-200 a.C.); recorre
todo el espectro que va del racionalismo de los moístas tardíos al antiracionalismo de Zhuangzi, centrándose en el pensamiento de las
figuras más sobresalientes y en sus modos de pensar, con un
especial énfasis en los debates show more surgidos entre escuelas rivales.
Con una afortunada traducción de Daniel Stern y revisión
de Flora Botton, esta obra promete al lector de habla hispana
acercarlo de forma accesible al misterioso mundo de la filosofia
clásica china y ayudarlo a entender, mediante su edición crítica,
los conceptos más complejos desentrañados por uno de los
sinólogos más reconocidos internacionalmente, A. C. Graham

Angus Charles Graham (1919-1991) fue profesor de chino
clásico en la School of Oriental and African Studies de la
Universidad de Londres y uno de los más importantes sinólogos
de su generación. Miembro de la Academia Británica desde 1981,
entre sus libros destacan Later Mohist Logic, The Book of Liehtzu
y Chuang-tzu: The Inner Chapters and other Writings from
the Book of Chuang-tzu, entre otros.
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Philosophy, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History
DDC/MDS
181.11Philosophy & psychologyAncient, medieval & eastern philosophyEastern philosophyFar East and South AsiaChina & Korea
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B127 .T3 .G69Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodAncient
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