A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

Synopsis

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms.Roger T. Ames's A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy is a companion volume to his Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy. It includes texts in the original classical Chinese along with their translations, allowing experts and novices alike to make whatever comparisons they choose. In applying a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics, Ames has tried to let the tradition speak on its own terms. The goal is to encourage readers to move between the translated text and commentary, the philosophical introduction that attempts to sensitize them to the interpretative context, and the companion Lexicon of key philosophical terms, with the expectation that in the fullness of time they will be able to appropriate the original Chinese terminologies themselves. Armed with their own increasingly robust insight into these philosophical terms, readers will be able to carry this nuanced understanding over into their critical reading of other available translations. Ultimately, for students who would understand Chinese philosophy, tian天must be understood as tian天, and dao道must be dao道.

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2022

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

816 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781438493541

Related ISBNs:

9781438493534, 9781438493527

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

Date of Addition:

05/05/25

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OTHER

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No

Language:

English

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Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Foreign Language Study, Philosophy

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College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student

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