The Penumbra unbound : the neo-Taoist philosophy of Guo Xiang / Brook Ziporyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziporyn, Brook, 1964-

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taoist philosophy.

Guo, Xiang, -312.

Guo, Xiang.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Other Title:

Neo-Taoist philosophy of Guo Xiang

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the work of Guo Xiang, a Neo-Taoist thinker who developed a radical philosophy of freedom and spontaneity.

Contents:

Intro

The Penumbra Unbound

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part I

Introduction

The Classical Chinese Philosophical Background

An Overview of Guo Xiang's Philosophical Project

The Problem of Spontaneity and Morality in Earlier Xuanxue

Guo's Solution:The Image of Traces

The Dangers of Traces

Part II

Interactivity Without Traces: "Vanishing (Into) Things"

The Unification of Independence and Interdependence

Part III

Lone-Transformation

The Unity of Activity and Nonactivity

Appendix A

Guo Xiang's Use of the Term Xing:The Inherency of Change and the Confluence of Chance, Freedom, and Necessity in the Notion of the Self-So

Appendix B

Comparative Notes on Freedom and Determinism

Notes

PART I

PART II

PART III

APPENDICES

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8716-4

1-4175-0684-9

OCLC:

61367697