Philosophy in World Perspective - A Comparative Hermeneutic of the Major Theories

In this original work of systematic philosophy, David Dilworth places the major texts of Western and Oriental philosophy and religion, both ancient and modern, into one comparative framework.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - resources for an intellectual renaissance today; prolegomena to any future hermeneutic; the principles of Athenian and Hellenistic philosophy; archic configurations in pre-socratic philosophy; the principles of Confucian philosophy; Chinese philosophies in world perspective; early modern western philosophy; the changes of the books in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought; the world religions; the architecture of theories. Appendix: the archic matrix.

Zusammenfassung

This places the major texts of Western and Oriental philosophy and religion, both ancient and modern, onto one comparative framework. The study reveals affinities between thinkers who lived centuries and continents apart and produces insights by putting philosophical texts into a single purview.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Dilworth, David A. Dilworth, Dilworth David A.
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.09.1991
• EAN: 9780300051261
• ISBN: 978-0-300-05126-1
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Non-Western philosophy