Migrating Texts and Traditions

Table of Contents

Preface ix Introduction: What Does It Mean for Texts and Traditions to Migrate? William Sweet 1 Part I: From the West The Migration of Aristotelian Philosophy to China in the 17th Century Vincent Shen 21 The Reformulation of the Philoponean Proofs in Mediaeval Jewish Thought Gyongyi Hegedus 39 Putting Islam and ‘The West’ Together Again: The Philosophy of M. M. Sharif Leslie Armour 61 British Idealism as a Migrating Tradition William Sweet 79 The Migration of Ideas and Afrikaans Philosophy in South Africa Pieter Duvenage 105 Heidegger, Japanese Aesthetics, and the Idea of a ‘Dialogue’ between East and West Chinatsu Kobayashi 121 Table of Contents & Hermeneutics and the Migration of Philosophical Traditions in East Asia Cristal Huang 155 Part II: From the East and the South Dārā Shukoh and the Transmission of the Upaniṣads to Islam Jonardon Ganeri 177 A Buddhist ‘good life’ Theory: Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra Linda E. Patrik 189 Sharing Insights: Buddhism and Recent Aristotelian Ethics Sheila Mason 201 Process Concepts of Text, Practice, and No Self in Buddhism Frank J. Hoffman 221 On Being Enabled to Say What Is “Truly Real” Peter J. McCormick 233 The Philosophers of Al Andalus and European Modernity David Lea 251 Radhakrishnan and the Construction of Philosophical Dialogue across Cultural Traditions Denys P. Leighton 267 Part III: Theoretical Issues Philosophy-in-Place and Texts Out of Place Bruce B. Janz 287 Migrating Texts: A Hermeneutical Perspective Kuan-Min Huang 305 Text, Rationality, and Knowledge in Indian Philosophy Eliot Deutsch 321 Afterword: Migration: Explanation, Analysis, and Directions William Sweet 331 Index 337 Contributors 347 ...