Emperor Whisperers : A Comparative History of Ancient Chinese and Western Philosophy / David Roman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roman, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient--History.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Philosophy, Chinese--History.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Academica Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Emperor Whisperers charts a comparative history of the two largest strains of ancient philosophy, from the first millennium BC to around AD 500. The book examines how philosophy arose from atheism in both China and Greece but entered a cul de sac when atheism spread from the elites to the middle classes. China's philosophy evolved to oppose law with morals, which created a mandarin class of "emperor whisperers," while Western philosophy was complicated by competing political systems that were only harmonized by the triumph of the Roman Empire. As antiquity came to an end, imported new religions - Buddhism and Christianity - reintroduced faith into elite thought and kickstarted the Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Intro: Point Deer Make Horse and the Modern West

2. The Hundred Schools and the Pre-Socratics

3. Confucius and the Sophists

4. The Confucian schools and Socrates

5. Lao Zi and Plato

6. Mencius and Aristotle

7. Dong Zhongshu and the Cynics

8. The Three Kingdoms and Seneca

9. Xuan Xue and the Christians

10. Buddha and the City of God

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781680538243

1680538241

OCLC:

1460464657