Beginning and End (A Comparative Study of Economic Thought in Ancient China and Ancient Greece)

Author: Wang Daqing
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book approaches the topic from the perspective of economic thought, employing the method of historical comparative research to study the "concept of primary and secondary" in ancient China and ancient Greece. It is broadly divided into two levels: (1) a comparison of the "concept of primary and secondary" among various schools of thinkers; (2) a comparison of the "concept of primary and secondary" between ancient Chinese and ancient Greek thinkers. Additionally, the book uses China's "primary" and "secondary" and their related three pairs of ethical and philosophical categories—namely, "righteousness" and "benefit," "public" and "private," "good" and "evil"—as the main reference framework and starting point for analysis. It also explores corresponding or largely equivalent categories from the discussions of ancient Greek thinkers to conduct comparative research.