Fortune and the Dao - A Comparative Study of Machiavelli, the Daodejing, and the Han Feizi

This book focuses on the philosophies of Niccolò Machiavelli, the Daodejing, the Han Feizi, and the concepts of Fortune, the Dao, Virtù, Wu-wei, history, leadership, self-cultivation and discipline, and humanity's relationship to nature.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Living in the Shadow of Conflict: Renaissance Italy and Warring States China
Chapter 2: Fortune and the Dao
Chapter 3: The Centaur and the Dragon
Chapter 4: Machiavelli and the Han Feizi
Chapter 5: Machiavelli, Laozi, and Han Feizi: Scope, Efficacy, and Possibilities

About the author

By Jason P. Blahuta

Product details

• Authors: Jason P. Blahuta, Blahuta Jason P.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2015
• EAN: 9781498500524
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0052-4
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy