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Zhu XI and Meister Eckhart: Two Intellectual Profiles

Zhu XI and Meister Eckhart: Two Intellectual Profiles

Zheng, S.

Hardcover

Series: Eckhart: Texts and Studies, Book 3

PhilosophyReligion General General Eastern Religions

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ISBN10: 9042932139
ISBN13: 9789042932135
Publisher: Peeters
Published: May 11 2016
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
This book attempts a comparative study between Zhu Xi (1130-1200), aNeo-Confucian master of the Song dynasty in China, and Meister Eckhart(1260-1328), a scholastic and mystic in the medieval West. With a focuson the theme of human intellect as presented in the works of the twothinkers, this study also explores the massive hermeneutical frameworkin which that concept is unfolded in Zhu Xi and in Eckhart. Thus, thecomplexity of each thinker's understanding of the human intellect isdemonstrated in its own context, and the common themes between them arediscussed in their own terms. Based on a systematic study of theoriginal texts, the comparison between Zhu Xi and Meister Eckhart goesmuch deeper than a general dialogue between East and West. Thecomparative model of this book, based strictly on textual study, aims todevelop an in-depth communication between a scholastic Confucian mindand his equally sophisticated counterpart in Christendom, in the hopethat the intellectual brilliance and spiritual splendour of one thinkerwill be illuminated by the light of the other. Probably only when oneencounters a like-minded counterpart brought up in a totally differenttradition will such a mutual illumination become meaningful.

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