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vii Contents List of Figures ix Abbreviations xi Introduction “One and Many” as an Ontological Problem xiii Part One Textual studies Chapter 1 Ge Hong’s Doctrine of Xuan Dao 1 Chapter 2 Plato’s Answer to the Pre-Socratic Debate 32 Chapter 3 Ge Hong’s Preservation of the One 53 Chapter 4 Plato’s Doctrine of Forms 79 Chapter 5 Two Forms of Enlightenment 91 Chapter 6 Ge Hong’s Doctrine of Immortal Beings 104 Part Two Comparative Ontology Chapter 7 Nothing 145 Chapter 8 The One 183 Chapter 9 The Many 238 Conclusion Comparative Methodology 315 Notes 327 Bibliography 347 Index 357 ...

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