Walking Two Roads: Accord and Separation in Chinese and Western Thought - Brossura

Van Rappard, Hans

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9086594085 ISBN 13: 9789086594085

Casa editrice: Vu Univ Pr Amsterdam, 2010

Riassunto

In comparing Chinese and Western thought, this study explores each group’s world view as well as their thoughts on the relationship between humans and the surrounding world and the mind versus consciousness. It particularly details the similarities and differences between Daoism and Chinese Buddhism and Epicureanism and Stoicism, two Greek schools of philosophy, emphasizing how while both the Chinese and the Greeks learned how to live in the ?now,” the Chinese centered this viewpoint around the body, while the Greeks saw it as a strictly rational pursuit. Overall, this analysis demonstrates how even though in many instances the East and West perceive the world differently, their lifestyles can still be quite similar.

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L'autore

Hans van Rappard is an emeritus professor at the VU University in Amsterdam where he has taught history and theory of psychology.

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Walking Two Roads compares Chinese thought to that of the West. With recent Western interest in Chinese Buddhism (also known as Zen) and Daoism an understanding of their underlying ways of thinking is crucial for approaching them properly. The topics treated include worldview, world man relation, and mind and consciousness. A unique feature of the book is the comparison between Daoism and Chinese Buddhism on the one hand, and the Greek schools of Epicureanism and Stoicism on the other. A remarkable similarity as well as a significant difference is found between these ways of life. In both China and Greece they learned how to live in the Now. But in China this is centred around the body, while in Greece this was a strictly rational pursuit. The main differences between the Chinese and Western ways can be summarised in the words accord and separation. Clearly, in East and West different roads have been, and still are walked. Yet, these roads do not inevitably entail different ways of life. Walking two roads at once (Zhuangzi) it is possible to go beyond accord and separation.

Hans van Rappard is Professor Emeritus at VU University in Amsterdam
where he has taught History and Theory of Psychology.
After retirement he turned to the study of Chinese Philosophy and Buddhism.

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• Editore: Vu Univ Pr Amsterdam
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9086594085
• ISBN 13: 9789086594085
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 193