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Tao Te Ching (Paperback, New edition)
Lao Tzu; Translated by Arthur Waley; Notes by Arthur Waley; Introduction by Robert Wilkinson; Series edited by Tom Griffith
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Translated with Notes by Arthur Waley. With an Introduction by
Robert Wilkinson. Dating from around 300BC, Tao Te Ching is the
first great classic of the Chinese school of philosophy called
Taoism. Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos
and how human beings should respond to it. A profound mystical
insight into the nature of things forms the basis for a humane
morality and vision of political utopia. The ideas in this work
constitute one of the main shaping forces behind Chinese
spirituality, art and science, so much so that no understanding of
Chinese civilisation is possible without a grasp of Taoism. This
edition presents the authoritative translation by Arthur Waley,
with a new Introduction reflecting recent developments in the
interpretation of the work.
Series Information: Routledge World Reference
"Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers" provides an introduction to the
philosophical traditions known as oriental. Despite the growing
interest in eastern thought in the West, this is the only volume to
provide a comprehensive overview of the entire spectrum of oriental
philosophy in an accessible format.
This major reference work provides a close analysis of the key
works of central figures in the traditions of Zoroastrianism,
Islam, India, Tibet, China, and Japan, ranging from earliest times
to the present day. The book is composed of essays on individual
philosophers which outline the central themes of their thought,
list their major works, and provide suggestions for further
reading.
Each major section is prefaced by a short sub-introduction which
places the philosopher into the appropriate tradition and indicates
how the various traditions have interacted over time. Areas which
have a high profile in the West, such as Islam and Zen, receive
extended treatment. Philosophical difficulties associated with each
position are discussed, and references to parallel ideas in the
Western philosophical tradition are indicated as they occur. A
glossary of key philosophical terms is also provided.
The nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy
questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality
and management of scarce and precious resources are at stake. This
book contributes to the body of knowledge and understanding
regarding water, energy, and the links between the two in the
American West and beyond. The research and analyses presented by
the authors shed new light on the choices that must be made in
order to avoid unnecessary harm in the development and management
of water and energy systems to meet public needs in an ever
changing environmental and economic climate. Indeed, the book
shows, thoughtfully designed new technologies and approaches can
help restore damaged environments and provide a range of benefits.
The focus is the American West, but many of the lessons are global
in their applicability. After a broad, stage-setting introductory
section, the volume looks first at the use of water for energy
production and then follows with chapters on the role of energy in
water projects. The final section looks at the way forward,
providing cases and recommendations for better, more efficient
linkages in the water-energy nexus. Students and researchers in
economics, public policy, environmental studies and law along with
planners and policy makers will find this accessible and very
current volume invaluable. Contributors: K. Averyt, M.H. Benson,
S.J. Burian, S.A. Conrad, H. Cooley, S. Eden, K.L. Guerra, J.H.
Hoover, T. Iseman, M. Kassen, D.S. Kenney, M.L. Lamberton, S.G.
Larsen, L.J. MacDonnell, S.B. Megdal, B. Miller, M.J. Pasqualetti,
R.C. Pate, A. Schroeder, C.L. Schwartz, C.A. Scott, F. Spivy-Weber,
S. Tellinghuisen, R. Wilkinson, J.E. Williams
Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions
by Robert Wilkinson. The two political classics in this book are
the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating
from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate
Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years. The Art of War is
the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the
subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may
be ensured. The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the
instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair
strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and
practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were
written. They have been immensely influential both inside and
outside China.
Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a comprehensive and accessible reference resource.
Comparative aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which compares
the aesthetic concepts and practices of different cultures. The way
in which cultures conceive of the aesthetic dimension of life in
general and art in particular is revelatory of profound attitudes
and beliefs which themselves make up an important part of the
culture in question. This anthology of essays by internationally
recognised scholars in this field brings into one volume some of
the most important research in comparative aesthetics, from classic
early essays to previously unpublished contemporary pieces. Ranging
across cultures and time periods as diverse as ancient Greece,
India and China and the modern West and Japan, the essays reveal
both similarities and deep differences between the aesthetic
traditions concerned. In the course of these expositions and
comparisons there emerges the general conclusion that no culture
can be fully grasped if its aesthetic ideas are not understood.
These are questions to which oriental thinkers have given a wide
range of philosophical answers that are intellectually and
imaginatively stimulating. Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers is a
succinctly informative introduction to the thought of thirty-five
important figures in the Chinese, Indian, Arab, Japanese and
Tibetan philosophical traditions. Thinkers covered include founders
such as Zoroaster, Confucius, Buddha and Muhammed, as well as
influential modern figures such as Gandhi, Mao Tse-Tung, Suzuki and
Nishida. The book is divided into sections, in which an
introduction to the tradition it covers precedes the essays on its
individual philosophers. Notes, further reading lists, and
cross-references provide the student with a clear route to further
study. There is a glossary of key terms at the end of the book.
Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is the most important Japanese
philosopher of the last century. His constant aim in philosophy was
to try to articulate Zen in terms drawn from Western philosophical
sources, yet in the end he found that he could not do so, and his
thought illustrates a conceptual incommensurability at the deepest
level between the main line of the Western tradition and one of the
main lines in Eastern thought. This book is a work of comparative
philosophy. Attention is given to the consequences of Nishida's
metaphysics in the areas of ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of
religion and notably the implications of Nishida's example for the
question of pluralism. This study of Nishida brings into sharp
focus the question of whether, faced with a conceptual
incommensurability at as deep a level as that manifested by Zen,
the choice between it and its Western alternative can be wholly
rational.
Comparative aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which compares
the aesthetic concepts and practices of different cultures. The way
in which cultures conceive of the aesthetic dimension of life in
general and art in particular is revelatory of profound attitudes
and beliefs which themselves make up an important part of the
culture in question. This anthology of essays by internationally
recognised scholars in this field brings into one volume some of
the most important research in comparative aesthetics, from classic
early essays to previously unpublished contemporary pieces. Ranging
across cultures and time periods as diverse as ancient Greece,
India and China and the modern West and Japan, the essays reveal
both similarities and deep differences between the aesthetic
traditions concerned. In the course of these expositions and
comparisons there emerges the general conclusion that no culture
can be fully grasped if its aesthetic ideas are not understood.
Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a comprehensive and accessible reference resource.
Contents: Includes entries on: Hannah Arendt, Henri-Louis Bergson, Noam Chomsky, Jacques Derrida, Feng Youlan, Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci, Jurgen Habermas, Martin Heidegger, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Emmanuel Levinas, Mao Zedong, Herbert Marcuse, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Piaget, Karl Popper, John Rawls, Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein
One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers offers biographical
information and critical analysis of the life, work and impact of
some of the most significant figures in philosophy this
century.Taken from the acclaimed Biographical Dictionary of
Twentieth-Century Philosophers, the 100 entries are alphabetically
organised, from Adorno to Zhang Binglin, and cover individuals from
both continental and analytic philosophy.The entries have an
identical four-part structure making it easy to compare and
contrast information, comprising: biographical details a
bibliography of major works a listing of relevant secondary and
critical literature an appraisal of the philosopher's thoughts and
achievements.A separate glossary provides an introduction to the
origins, development and main features of major philosophical
schools and movements and offers select bibliographies to guide the
reader to further research.
Around the time of the first "Earth Day," on April 22, 1970, the
academic world joined in a virtual explosion of societal interest
in a topic that inherently lies in the confluence between "social
problems" and "public policy" -- the ways in which humans use and
abuse the natural environment. In the worlds of social movement
organizations and policy, that newfound interest showed up in
dramatic growth of environmental organizations and a stream of
powerful new environmental laws. In the academic world, echoes of
the explosion showed up in equally dramatic growth of
interdisciplinary "environmental" programs with an explicit focus
on the fact that "environmental problems" are inherently social
problems as well.
Over the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that
equity issues need to receive greater attention in academia -- not
just among activists, and not just as the focus of courses on
environmental ethics, but as topics that deserve careful academic
study and that in many ways are at the core of what we call
"environmental" problems. As David Orr (1992) noted, "the symptoms
of environmental deterioration are in the domain of the natural
sciences, but the causes lie in the realm of the social sciences
and humanities."
This volume is intended to call this research to attention, but
also to encourage its further expansion; far from being the kind of
topic that ought to be relegated to a small pigeonhole, issues of
equity and inequality deserve to be absolutely central to the study
of connections between humans and the habitat that we share with
all other life on earth.
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy is now available
online at ScienceDirectfull-text online from volume 8 onwards.
* This volume brings together the leading research on equity and
the environment
* Contributions from academics and researchers in the field.
The nexus between water and energy raises a set of public policy
questions that go far beyond water and energy. Economic vitality
and management of scarce and precious resources are at stake. This
book contributes to the body of knowledge and understanding
regarding water, energy, and the links between the two in the
American West and beyond. The research and analyses presented by
the authors shed new light on the choices that must be made in
order to avoid unnecessary harm in the development and management
of water and energy systems to meet public needs in an ever
changing environmental and economic climate. Indeed, the book
shows, thoughtfully designed new technologies and approaches can
help restore damaged environments and provide a range of benefits.
The focus is the American West, but many of the lessons are global
in their applicability. After a broad, stage-setting introductory
section, the volume looks first at the use of water for energy
production and then follows with chapters on the role of energy in
water projects. The final section looks at the way forward,
providing cases and recommendations for better, more efficient
linkages in the water-energy nexus. Students and researchers in
economics, public policy, environmental studies and law along with
planners and policy makers will find this accessible and very
current volume invaluable. Contributors: K. Averyt, M.H. Benson,
S.J. Burian, S.A. Conrad, H. Cooley, S. Eden, K.L. Guerra, J.H.
Hoover, T. Iseman, M. Kassen, D.S. Kenney, M.L. Lamberton, S.G.
Larsen, L.J. MacDonnell, S.B. Megdal, B. Miller, M.J. Pasqualetti,
R.C. Pate, A. Schroeder, C.L. Schwartz, C.A. Scott, F. Spivy-Weber,
S. Tellinghuisen, R. Wilkinson, J.E. Williams
Minds and Bodies is a clear introduction to the mind-body problem. It requires no prior philosophical knowledge and is ideally suited to newcomers to philosophy and philosophy of mind. Robert Wilkinson carefully introduces the fundamental components of the philosophy of mind: Descartes's dualist account of mind and body; monist views including eliminativism; computer science and artificial intelligence. Each chapter is linked to a reading from key thinkers in the field, from Descartes to Paul Churchland.
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