Human nature, ritual, and history : studies in Xunzi and Chinese philosophy / by Antonio S. Cua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cua, A. S. (Antonio S.), 1932-2007.

Series:

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 43.

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xunzi, 340 B.C.-245 B.C. Xunzi.

Xunzi.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Philosophy, Chinese--To 221 B.C.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Physical Description:

xii, 406 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Studies in Xunzi and Chinese philosophy

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, distinguished philosopher Antonio S. Cua offers a collection of original studies on Xunzi, a leading classical Confucian thinker, and on other aspects of Chinese philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I. XUNZI'S MORAL PHILOSOPHY

1. Philosophy of Human Nature (1976)

2. Dimensions of Li (Propriety) (1978)

Appendix 1-Human Relationships and the Virtues in the Liji (1979)

Appendix 2-Moral Cultivation and Music in the Liji (1979)

3. Ethical Uses of the Past (1984)

4. The Problem of Conceptual Unity (1984)

5. The Unity of Virtues (1985)

6. The Possibility of Ethical Knowledge (1989)

7. The Ethical and the Religious Dimensions of Li (Propriety) (1999)

8. Ethical Significance of Shame: Insights of Aristotle and Xunzi (2002)

PART II. OTHER STUDIES IN CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

9. Practical Causation and Confucian Ethics (1974)

10. Moral Theory and the Quality of Life (1978)

11. Confucian Vision and the Human Community (1980)

12. Ethical Significance of Thomé H. Fang's Philosophy (1987)

13. Reason and Principle in Chinese Philosophy (1995)

14. Emergence of the History of Chinese Philosophy (1999)

15. Xin (Mind/Heart) and Moral Failure: Notes on an Aspect of Mencius's Moral Psychology (1999)

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Glossary.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-387) and indexes.

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ISBN:

9780813215976

0813215978

OCLC:

646786258