Doing What You Really Want - Perkins, Franklin (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy,
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For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world. This book is a coherent, systematic, and accessible explanation of his philosophy, covering everything from the place of human beings in nature, to human psychology and emotions, to the ways in which we can deliberately change and cultivate ourselves, including practical advice. The writing is clear and engaging, accessible to students and general readers with no background in philosophy or Chinese studies.…mehr

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For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world. This book is a coherent, systematic, and accessible explanation of his philosophy, covering everything from the place of human beings in nature, to human psychology and emotions, to the ways in which we can deliberately change and cultivate ourselves, including practical advice. The writing is clear and engaging, accessible to students and general readers with no background in philosophy or Chinese studies.
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Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and editor of the journal Philosophy East and West. He is the author of Heaven and Earth are not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2014), Leibniz: A Guide for the Perplexed (2007), and Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light (2004), and was co-editor of Chinese Metaphysics and Its Problems (2015). His books have been translated into Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Perkins has spent more than eight years teaching and conducting research in Asia, and has previously been a professor at Nanyang Technological University and DePaul University, where he was also the director of Chinese Studies program.