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9780231136785

Philosophy of the Daodejing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780231136785

  • ISBN10:

    0231136781

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-15
  • Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

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For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure.Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent description and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejingalso offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace.An illuminating exploration, The Daodejingis an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.

Table of Contents

PREFACE The Philosophy of the Daodejing ix
CHAPTER ONE How to Read the Daodejing 1(20)
CHAPTER TWO The Dao of Sex 21(12)
CHAPTER THREE Yin & Yang, Dao & De 33(22)
CHAPTER FOUR Paradox Politics 55(20)
CHAPTER FIVE On War 75(12)
CHAPTER SIX Masters of Satisfaction (Desires, Emotions, and Addictions) 87(12)
CHAPTER SEVEN Indifference and Negative Ethics 99(12)
CHAPTER EIGHT Permanence and Eternity 111(10)
CHAPTER NINE Death and the Death Penalty 121(12)
CHAPTER TEN "Without the Impulses of Man": A Daoist Critique of Humanism 133(14)
APPENDIX 1 A Note on the Textual History of the Daodejing 147(2)
APPENDIX 2 A Note on English Translations of the Daodejing 149(4)
NOTES 153(8)
INDEX 161

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