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The Good Life and Conceptions of Life in Early China and Graeco-Roman Antiquity

The Good Life and Conceptions of Life in Early China and Graeco-Roman Antiquity

King, R. a. H.

Hardcover

Series: Chinese-Western Discourse, Book 3

PhilosophyGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 3110309920
ISBN13: 9783110309928
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Nov 13 2015
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Chinese and Greek ethics remain influential in modern philosophy, yet it is unclear how they can be compared to one another. This volume, following its predecssor 'How should one live?' (DeGruyter 2011), is a contribution to comparative ethics, loosely centered on the concepts of life and the good life. Methods of comparing ethics are treated in three introductory chapters (R.A.H.King, Ralph Weber, G.E.R. Lloyd), followed by chapters on core issues in each of the traditions: human nature (David Wong, Guo Yi), ghosts (Paul Goldin), happiness (Christoph Harbsmeier), pleasure (Michael Nylan), qi (Elisabeth Hsu & Zhang Ruqing), cosmic life and individual life (Dennis Schilling), the concept of mind (William Charlton), knowledge and happiness (Jörg Hardy), filial piety (Richard Stalley), the soul (Hua-kuei Ho), and deliberation (Thomas Buchheim). The volume closes with three essays in comparison - Mencius and the Stoics (R.A.H. King), equanimity (Lee Yearley), autonomy and the good life (Lisa Raphals). An index locorum each for Chinese and Greco-Roman authors, and a general index complete the volume.

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