Franklin Perkins

Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane (eBook, ePUB)

The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253011763
• Artikelnr.: 42934931

Autorenporträt

Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is author of Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light and Leibniz: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Note on Abbreviated Citations Introduction: Philosophy in a Cross-Cultural Context 1. Formations of the Problem of Evil 2. The Efficacy of Human Action and the Mohist Opposition to Fate 3. Efficacy and Following Nature in the Dàodéj
ng 4. Reproaching Heaven and Serving Heaven in the Mèngz
5. Beyond the Human in the Zhüng
6. Xúnz
and the Fragility of the Human Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index