Philosophy and moral wisdom

Author: Bian Min
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book proposes the unique insight that traditional Chinese philosophy is a form of moral wisdom. The author takes the distinction between science and philosophy, and between Chinese and Western philosophy as the starting point, with the aim of tracing the original spirit of history. Against the broad historical backdrop of the thoughts of the pre-Qin philosophers, the book primarily examines the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism in the pre-Qin period. It offers an in-depth yet accessible exploration of the moral wisdom of traditional Chinese culture from seven perspectives: morality and will, morality and emotion, morality and aesthetics, morality and knowledge, morality and personality, morality and ideals, and morality and realm. The conclusion is that moral wisdom is a philosophical inquiry into the way of life, harmony among people, ideal personality, and the realm of life, and that traditional Chinese philosophy is the moral wisdom concerning human survival and development, as well as the spiritual homeland that provides a sense of belonging.