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Zhuangzi and the becoming of nothingness / David Chai.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438472690
  • 1438472692
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zhuangzi and the becoming of nothingness.DDC classification:
  • 299.5/1482 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1900.C576 C46 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Nothingness and Dao: A Time before Being; The Nature of Nothingness; The Language of Nothingness; The Oneness of Dao; Returning to Dao, Overcoming Nihilism; Conclusion; 2. Dao, the One, and the Question of Being; Original Being qua the Thing; The Thing's Unveiling; The Trace and the Traceless Sage; Wandering in the Harmony of Dao; Conclusion; 3. Dao and the Time of Nothingness; Dao and Cosmological Time; Human Measured Time; Conclusion; 4. Zhuangzi and the Life Praxis of Being Useless; Useless by Proxy and the Proxy of Usefulness
Learning from the Useless TreeConclusion; 5. Discovering Dao through Self-Forgetting; The Mundaneness of Forgetting; Losing Oneself in Forgetfulness; Sitting in Forgetfulness; A Taste of Spiritual Freedom: Composing the Heart-Mind; Conclusion; 6. Wandering Carefree in Nothingness; Cosmological Freedom; Three Heavenly Principles of Freedom; Nothingness the Great Harmonizer; Freedom as Carefree Wandering; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1948786

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Nothingness and Dao: A Time before Being; The Nature of Nothingness; The Language of Nothingness; The Oneness of Dao; Returning to Dao, Overcoming Nihilism; Conclusion; 2. Dao, the One, and the Question of Being; Original Being qua the Thing; The Thing's Unveiling; The Trace and the Traceless Sage; Wandering in the Harmony of Dao; Conclusion; 3. Dao and the Time of Nothingness; Dao and Cosmological Time; Human Measured Time; Conclusion; 4. Zhuangzi and the Life Praxis of Being Useless; Useless by Proxy and the Proxy of Usefulness

Learning from the Useless TreeConclusion; 5. Discovering Dao through Self-Forgetting; The Mundaneness of Forgetting; Losing Oneself in Forgetfulness; Sitting in Forgetfulness; A Taste of Spiritual Freedom: Composing the Heart-Mind; Conclusion; 6. Wandering Carefree in Nothingness; Cosmological Freedom; Three Heavenly Principles of Freedom; Nothingness the Great Harmonizer; Freedom as Carefree Wandering; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index