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Explores the work of Guo Xiang, a Neo-Taoist thinker who developed a radical philosophy of freedom and spontaneity.

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Author:   Brook Ziporyn
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780791456620

ISBN 10:   0791456625
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   17 March 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments PART I Introduction The Classical Chinese Philosophical Background An Overview of Guo Xiang's Philosophical Project The Problem of Spontaneity and Morality in Earlier Xuanxue Guo's Solution:The Image of Traces The Dangers of Traces PART II Interactivity Without Traces: ""Vanishing (Into) Things"" The Unification of Independence and Interdependence PART III Lone-Transformation 99 The Unity of Activity and Nonactivity APPENDIX A Guo Xiang's Use of the Term Xing: The Inherency of Change and the Confluence of Chance, Freedom, and Necessity in the Notion of the Self-So APPENDIX B Comparative Notes on Freedom and Determinism Notes Bibliography Index"

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Brook Ziporyn is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Northwestern University.

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