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The propensity of things : toward a history of efficacy in China / François Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd.
LIBRA DS736.5 .J85 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jullien, François, 1951-
- Standardized Title:
- Propension des choses. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Philosophy.
- China--History--Philosophy.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Zone Books, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- At the point where these various domains intersect, a fundamental intuition assumed self-evident for centuries emerges, namely, that reality - every kind of reality - may be perceived as a particular deployment or arrangement of things to be relied upon and worked to one's advantage. Art or wisdom, as conceived by the Chinese, lies in strategically exploiting the propensity that emanates from this particular configuration of reality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0942299949
- OCLC:
- 30914241
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