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An Introduction to Daoist Thought: Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi book cover

1st Edition

An Introduction to Daoist Thought Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi

By Eske Møllgaard Copyright 2007
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi’s thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author introduces a complex reading that shows the unity of Zhuangzi’s thought, in particular in his views of action, language, and ethics. By... Read more

1. On Reading Zhuangzi  2. Zhuangzi's Fundamental Figures of Thought  3. The Drive towards Completion  4. Unraveling the Drive towards Completion  5. Saying the Unsayable  6. Bungled Discourse  7. Impromptu Words  8. Ethics  9. Spiritual Exercise

Biography

Eske Møllgaard received his PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He currently is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Rhode Island. His teaching interests include Asian philosophy, comparative philosophy and continental philosophy. He is particularly interested in the ways East Asian traditions of thought make us reconsider and rediscover salient features of Western philosophical traditions.

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