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Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

Arthur Waley author The Arthur Waley Estate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:11th May '11

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First published in 1939.
This book consists chiefly of extracts from Chuang Tzu, Mencius and Han Fei Tzu. Chuang Tzu's appeal is to the imagination; the appeal of mencius is to the moral feelings; realism, as expounded by Han Fei Tzu, finds a close parallel in modern Totalitarianism and as a result these extracts from a book of the third century B.C. nonetheless have a very contemporary connection.

"Fascinating both for its own sake and for its parallels with our own ways of thought in the West" - E M Forster

ISBN: 9780415612807

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 520g

4 pages