Principle and Practicality - Essays in Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learning

These essays explore the continuities and discontinuities between the Neo-Confucian thought of Ming China and early Tokugawa Japan and the "practical learning" of the 17th and 18th centuries, underlining the need for a deeper examination of the complex relationship between "traditional" and "modern" thoughts and values.

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Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom

Summary

These essays explore the continuities and discontinuities between the Neo-Confucian thought of Ming China and early Tokugawa Japan and the "practical learning" of the 17th and 18th centuries, underlining the need for a deeper examination of the complex relationship between "traditional" and "modern" thoughts and values.

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• Authors: Wm Theodore de Bary, Wm. Theodore De Bloom Bary, Irene Cohen, Mixhael Cohen, William Theodore de Bary, William Theodore Bloom De Bary, Wm. Theodore Debary
• Assisted by: Wm. Theodore De Bary (Editor), Irene Bloom (Editor), Bloom Irene (Editor), William Theodore de Bary (Editor), Wm Theodore De Bary (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.1979
• EAN: 9780231046138
• ISBN: 978-0-231-04613-8
• No. of pages: 543
• Series: Neo-Confucian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy