| Title |
The Tao of the West : Western transformations of Taoist thought / J.J. Clarke. |
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| Publication Info. |
London ; N.Y. : Routledge, 2000. |
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| University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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299.514 C598T |
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| Description |
xii, 270 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-258) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. 'The way that can be told': introduction -- 2. 'The meaning is not the meaning': on the nature of Daoism -- 3. 'Cramped scholars': Western interpretations of Daoism -- 4. 'The Great Clod': Daoist natural philosophy -- 5. 'Going rambling without destination': moral explorations -- 6. 'The transformation of things': the alchemy of life, sex and health -- 7. 'The Way is incommunicable': transcendence -- 8. 'The twitter of birds': philosophical themes -- 9. 'Journey to the West': by way of concluding -- Appendix I: Chinese dynastic chronology -- Appendix II. Wade-Giles/Pinyin conversion table -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index. |
| Subject |
Taoism -- Europe -- History.
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East and West.
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Taoism.
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| ISBN |
0415206197 |
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0415206200 paperback |
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