Title
How can the ultimate reality be turned into the way to it : a special mode of thinking in early China
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
神戸大学文学部紀要
Publication Date
3-2011
Volume
38
First Page
183
Last Page
199
Publisher
神戸大学文学部
Keywords
Tao, Jen, ultimate reality, Confucius, Lao Tzu
Abstract
This article focuses on Confucius' Jen and Lao Tzu's Tao, the ultimate reality in their respective philosophies, and argues that the philosophers in Early China invented a special mode of thinking. That is, by emphasizing a person's will to seek after it, they turned the seemingly untouchable ultimate reality into the way to it wisely. It is also interesting for us to notice that this mode of thinking turns out to be very similar to that of modern natural science.
Print ISSN
02885808
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Xu, G. (2011). How can the ultimate reality be turned into the way to it: A special mode of thinking in early China. 神戸大学文学部紀要, 38, 183-199. Retrieved from http://www.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/handle_kernel/81008292
