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Subject(s)

• Philosophy, Confucian [Browse]

Series

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture [More in this series]

Summary note

Roger T. Ames's A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy is a companion volume to his Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy. It includes texts in the original classical Chinese along with their translations, allowing experts and novices alike to make whatever comparisons they choose. In applying a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics, Ames has tried to let the tradition speak on its own terms. The goal is to encourage readers to move between the translated text and commentary, the philosophical introduction that attempts to sensitize them to the interpretative context, and the companion Lexicon of key philosophical terms, with the expectation that in the fullness of time they will be able to appropriate the original Chinese terminologies themselves. Armed with their own increasingly robust insight into these philosophical terms, readers will be able to carry this nuanced understanding over into their critical reading of other available translations--back cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [791]-798).

ISBN

• 1438493533 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 9781438493534 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))

OCLC

1361673637

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