In this Book
- One and Many: A Comparative Study of Plato's Philosophy and Daoism Represented by Ge Hong
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
- Series: Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Monographs
summary
Is the world one or many? Ji Zhang revisits this ancient philosophical question from the modern perspective of comparative studies. His investigation stages an intellectual exchange between Plato, founder of the Academy, and Ge Hong, who systematized Daoist belief and praxis. Zhang not only captures the tension between rational Platonism and abstruse Daoism, but also creates a bridge between the two.
Table of Contents
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- List of Figures
- pp. ix-xii
- Part One. Textual Studies
- Chapter 4. Plato's Doctrine of Forms
- pp. 79-90
- Chapter 5. Two Forms of Enlightenment
- pp. 91-103
- Part Two. Comparative Ontology
- Chapter 7. Nothing
- pp. 145-182
- Chapter 8. The One
- pp. 183-237
- Chapter 9. The Many
- pp. 238-314
- Conclusion Comparative Methodology
- pp. 315-326
- Bibliography
- pp. 347-356
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824861186
Related ISBN(s)
9780824835545
MARC Record
OCLC
794925358
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No