Shenzi Fragments - A Philosophical Analysis and Translation

Klappentext These fragments outline a rudimentary theory of political order modeled on the natural world that recognizes the role of human self-interest in maintaining stable rule. Casting the natural world as an independent! amoral system! Shen Dao situates the source of moral judgment firmly within the human sphere. Zusammenfassung These fragments outline a rudimentary theory of political order modeled on the natural world that recognizes the role of human self-interest in maintaining stable rule. Casting the natural world as an independent! amoral system! Shen Dao situates the source of moral judgment firmly within the human sphere.

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• Authors: Eirik Lang Harris, Eirik Lang (City University of Hong Kong) Harris, Harris Eirik Lang
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780231177665
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17766-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Asian History, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Chinese history; political philosophy