• Reunites the editors of celebrity Trek and Philosophy with Starfleet’s best specialists for 31 new, hugely logical essays
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»Wohin du auch gehst, geh mit ganzem Herzen.« KONFUZIUS

Im Li Gi, dem umfangreichsten der fünf fernöstlichen, Konfuzius zugeschriebenen Klassiker, setzt der große Philosoph sich mit Normen der alltäglichen Riten und des Hofzeremoniells auseinander. Gleichzeitig geht er wie in den anderen der fünf Klassiker auch auf ehrenvolles Verhalten des Einzelnen im Alltag ein. Anhand der Erörterung pädagogischer Fragen, ethischer, religiöser und naturphilosophischer Probleme sowie historischer und biographischer Einzelheiten entsteht so eine Lebensnähe, die auf eindrückliche Weise komplex-theoretische Assoziationen mit der Wirklichkeit verbindet.

Zwar ist die Textsammlung des Li Gi erst nach Konfuzius' Ableben entstanden, jedoch kann ihm der Inhalt dieses umfangreichen Klassikers der asiatischen Philosophie eindeutig zugeordnet werden. Konfuzius gelingt es, in lebensnahen Beispielen und Darlegungen hochkomplexe Fragestellungen auf nachvollziehbare Weise zu klären, sodass sich dem Leser notion für die Auseinandersetzung mit dem eigenen Verhalten bietet. Im Mittelpunkt stehen im Li Gi dabei die Riten des Alltags und das Hofzeremoniell. Zusätzlich bieten sich dem Leser Erläuterungen zu grundlegenden Termini der konfuzianischen Philosophie, wie das Maßhalten oder die Bedeutung des »Wegs«, die Querverbindungen zu den Ansichten anderer großer asiatischer Denker ziehen.

Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945) is an important jap thinker of the final century. His consistent target in philosophy used to be to aim to articulate Zen in phrases drawn from Western philosophical assets, but after all he came upon that he couldn't achieve this, and his concept illustrates a conceptual incommensurability on the inner most point among the most line of the Western culture and one of many major strains in japanese notion. This e-book is a piece of comparative philosophy. consciousness is given to the results of Nishida's metaphysics within the components of ethics, aesthetics, the philosophy of faith and particularly the results of Nishida's instance for the query of pluralism. This learn of Nishida brings into sharp concentration the query of even if, confronted with a conceptual incommensurability at as deep a degree as that manifested by way of Zen, the alternative among it and its Western substitute will be totally rational.

Metaphorical Metaphysics in chinese language Philosophy: Illustrated with Feng Youlan's New Metaphysics explores chinese language philosophy via a accomplished research and significant research of Feng Youlan's new metaphysics, featuring a scientific research of that means. This philosophical linguistic technique keeps the culture of A.C. Graham and Chad Hanson and characterizes metaphysics in chinese language philosophy as a metaphorical metaphysics basically individual from that studied in Western philosophy. Derong Chenexamines the old impacts of old chinese language philosophy, Neo-Confucianist philosophy, and Western philosophy on Feng Youlan's paintings whereas illustrating the influence of Feng's philosophy on chinese language students, together with Feng's contemporaries Zhang Shenfu, Zhu Guangian, He Lin, Jin Yuelin, and Feng's scholar Chen Lai. This distinct research of Feng Youlan's new metaphysics demonstrates that Feng's method isn't the thoroughly Westernized philosophical method many students establish it as, neither is it the natural logical and analytical procedure Feng himself meant to build. particularly, the essence and features of the hot metaphysics on the center of Feng's philosophical process reveal his philosophy as a continuation of the chinese language philosophical culture in a brand new period. This method is so much acceptable to students of comparative philosophy and of any period of chinese language philosophy.

The first examine of Strauss’s war of words with sleek technological know-how and its methods.

Drawing upon a wealth of formerly unpublished archival fabric, Leo Strauss on Science brings to mild the strategies of Leo Strauss at the challenge of technology. Introducing us to Strauss’s reflections at the which means and perplexities of the medical event, Svetozar Y. Minkov explores questions comparable to: Is there a human knowledge self reliant of technology? what's the relation among poetry and arithmetic, or among self-knowledge and theoretical physics? and the way worthy is it for the human species to exist immutably to ensure that the classical research of human lifestyles to be right? In pursuing those questions, Minkov goals to alter the dialog approximately Strauss, one of many nice thinkers of the prior century.

Svetozar Y. Minkov is affiliate Professor of Philosophy at Roosevelt collage and the writer of Francis Bacon’s “Inquiry Touching Human Nature”: advantage, Philosophy, and the comfort of Man’s Estate.

This translation of a primary Tantric textual content unearths the richness and profundity of the highbrow and contemplative traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The textual content describes the 4 starting place Practices that each one practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism needs to whole. the character of impermanence, the consequences of karma, the advance of an enlightened perspective, and devotion to the guru are one of the topics taken care of during this publication.

Three eminent modern Tibetan Buddhist masters—Kalu Rinpoche, Deshung Rinpoche, and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche—explain the importance of The Torch of sure bet for modern day scholars and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.

slicing via all of the white noise, chatter, and superficiality our cellphones and social media reason, one in every of Tibet's maximum and Most worthy religious leaders bargains basic and useful suggestion to aid us bring up our attentions spans, develop into higher listeners, and attempt to understand the folk round us.

In a global of iPhones and connectivity to social media and electronic mail, we're all in consistent reference to each other. Then why are such a lot of humans feeling burned out, far away from colleagues, and deserted through friends and family? during this new booklet from the bestselling writer of operating with the brain of Meditation, the Sakyong makes use of the elemental ideas of the Shambhala tradition--meditation and a honest trust within the inherent knowledge, compassion, and braveness of all beings--to support readers to hear and communicate extra mindfully with household, co-workers, strangers, or even ourselves. 

In this straightforward to appreciate and invaluable e-book, Sakyong Mipham offers inspiring rules and sensible the best way to be extra found in your day by day lifestyles, assisting us to speak in ways in which elevates the distinction of each person concerned. nice for households, staff and employers and everybody who spend an excessive amount of time on fb, Instagram, and suppose "disconnected" in our "connected" international, stable dialog is a trip again to basics.

Chinese philosophy is usually pushed aside as both too underdeveloped or too mystical compared to the well-developed philosophies of the West. although, Mou Zongsan, arguably an important chinese language thinker of the 20th century, committed nearly all of his greater than sixty-year occupation to setting up and fostering a discussion among Western and japanese philosophy. to accomplish this, he produced volumes of unique paintings that distinctive how chinese language philosophy addresses a number of the related common concerns as Western philosophy and the way, whilst mixed with Western inspiration, it has a lot to give a contribution towards generating a common price system.

In 1978, Mou Zongsan brought a sequence of lectures to graduate scholars outlining his specified East-West comparative strategy. released in chinese language in 1983, the transcription of these lectures has been a prime source for studying approximately chinese language philosophy. In Nineteen Lectures on chinese language Philosophy, those public addresses are awarded in English for the first actual time. conscientiously researched and cross-referenced with Mou’s prior works, this meticulous translation additionally comprises synopses and key ideas that extra improve this crucial source for somebody drawn to a deeper examine of chinese language philosophy.

have you puzzled who you actually are, why you exist, or what the which means of existence is? via exploring the topic of Yoga Meditation and correlating the relevance of this historic, jap philosophy to our glossy lives, this e-book can advisor you inside of, revealing new degrees of inventive power and clarified existence purpose... while you're prepared for it.