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A treatise on efficacy : between Western and Chinese thinking / Franȯis Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd.
LIBRA B105.A35 J9413 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jullien, François, 1951-
- Standardized Title:
- Traité de l'efficacité. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Act (Philosophy).
- Philosophy, Chinese.
- Philosophy, Comparative.
- Physical Description:
- x, 202 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- Fixing one's eyes on a model
- Relying on the propensity of things
- Goal or consequence
- Action or transformation
- The structure of opportunity
- Do nothing (with nothing left undone)
- Allow effects to come about
- From efficacy to efficiency
- The logic of manipulation
- Manipulation versus persuasion
- Water images
- In praise of facility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0824828151
- 0824828305
- OCLC:
- 53847195
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