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9780812695632

Daoism Explained From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory

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    9780812695632

  • ISBN10:

    0812695631

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-08-09
  • Publisher: Open Court
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Summary

Hans-Georg Moeller has achieved the perfect blend with Daoism Explained. It is both a fascinating introduction on Daoist thought as well as an original and insightful contribution to Eastern philosophy. This book will take the place of The Tao of Pooh by Hoff. Like that book, Doaism Explained offers a comprehensive presentation of Daoist philosophy that is interesting and easy to follow. The study sheds new light on many Doaist allegories by showing how modern translations often concealed the original wit and humor of the Chinese original, or imposed alien philosophical frameworks on them. It attempts to take away the metaphysical and Christian disguises with which Daoist philosophy has been obscured by Western interpretations in the past 100 years.

Author Biography

Hans-Georg Moeller is Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Brock University in Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction: A Very Short History of Daoism 1(26)
Laozi and the Daodejing
1(7)
The Zhuangzi
8(4)
Huang-Lao-Daoism
12(2)
Daoist Mysticism
14(2)
Daoist Practice
16(2)
Daoism Today
18(6)
The Dao
24(3)
PART I: IMAGES AND ALLEGORIES 27(40)
1. Images in the Daodejing
27(16)
The Wheel An Image of the Dao
27(9)
Water and the Female
36(4)
The Root
40(3)
2. Allegories from the Zhuangzi
43(24)
The Dream of the Butterfly-Or: Everything Is Real
44(11)
The Fishnet Allegory-Or: How to Forget Thinking
55(7)
The Happy Fish-Or: Joy without Joy
62(5)
PART II: ISSUES 67(62)
1. The State
67(7)
2. The Body (Of Infants and Corpses)
74(8)
3. Life and Death
82(13)
4. Time
95(8)
5. Nature
103(5)
6. Artisanship and Art
108(8)
7. Ethics
116(4)
8. Language and Thought
120(9)
PART III: STRUCTURES 129(20)
1. Presence and Nonpresence-Or: The Pipe of Heaven
129(8)
2. Daoist Signs-Or: The Difference between Dao and God
137(12)
PART IV: PERSPECTIVES 149(12)
1. Daoism and Chan (or: Zen) Buddhism
149(4)
2. Daoism and Contemporary Philosophy
153(8)
Notes 161(12)
Index 173

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