Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane : The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane :
The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
by Franklin Perkins
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0253011728 | 313 Pages | PDF | 2.38 MB
The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
by Franklin Perkins
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0253011728 | 313 Pages | PDF | 2.38 MB
That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.
"Perkins provides original, important, and fully convincing readings of the classical Chinese texts. Moreover, given the comparative focus, it is one of those rare works on classical materials that will excite significant interest among scholars of Western philosophy and intellectual history as well…. Beautifully written, highly engaging, and extremely well argued." - Michael Puett, Harvard University
"Much of the richness of the book lies in its strikingly original readings of familiar texts, and the deeply attentive analysis of key problems in these texts that are illuminated by reading them in relation to Chinese problems of evil." - Aaron D. Stalnaker, Indiana University Bloomington