This is the first part of final section on Hui Shi, in chapter 33 of the Zhuangzi; in Mair's translation, it starts with Hui Shi's 10 paradoxes (here is the...
"That which has no thickness and cannot be accumulated is a thousand tricents in size!" [Graham: The indivisible division presents a paradox; any quantity is...
"Heaven is as low as the earth; a mountain is as level as a marsh." [Graham: The infinite whole presents another paradox; since from any position the distance...
"As soon as the sun is at noon it declines; as soon as a thing is born it dies" [Graham: The indivisible division of time, the moment, likewise presents a ...
"Given that there is a difference between great similarity and small similarity, this is called a small difference of similarity; given that the myriad things...
"The southern direction is limitless yet it has a limit." [Graham: Space presents the further paradox that it both must and cannot have a limit.] [Fung: The...
"One sets out for Viet today but came there yesterday." [Graham: Combining the indivisible divisions of space and time, it appears that if I cross the line...
"Linked rings can be separated." [Graham: If indivisible divisions truly exist, it follows that connected rings can be fined down to pure circles and passed...
" I know the center of the world; it is north of Yen and south of Yueh" [Graham: Space if infinite has its centre everywhere.] [Fung: The Chuang-tzu (ch. 17)...
Hello everyone, I am new to the list so let me introduce myself. I am an I Ching diviner and scholar, especially of early Daoist and Buddhist thought. So I...
I've made an Amazon Listmania of my 10 favorite book in Chinese Philosophy: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/NBOV4KFIA5WS Thomas...
"If there is general love of the myriad things, heaven and earth are one body." [Graham: Since division leads to contradiction don't divide at all, and ...
I haven't read a number of the books you list. It looks like a good list on the Daoist side, but I was somewhat surprised not to find Mencius, esp. because...
Yes, I'm doing a slow reading of Mencius on the Confucius list, but I must admit that I have not yet, as I'd say in French, had a "coup de foudre" (lightening...
Chapter 33 of the Zhuangzi continues with a list of 21 paradoxes of Sophists (the most famous one was Kung-sun Lung): "Considering that these statements [his...
... I must admit that I have not yet, as I'd say in French, had a "coup de foudre" (lightening strike) for him. It may come! ... philosophy ... good list on...
... SNIP Thanks very much for this! I would like very much to attend, but it is not likely, but at least I can keep my eyes open for the conference papers. ...
... The explicit opponents of Mencius are the Mohists, the Yangists (proto-Daoists) and the Legalists. It seems that Mencius came just before philosophical...
... That "paradox" sounds to me like the basis of the derivation of calculus as applied to describe the path of a moving object. At a given instant in time...
... By accident on another search, I just came across this again. Bookmarked for future reading. Thanks for putting the effort in on it, it has already...
Over on another group there is a discussion going on regarding when Yin Yang theory developed and whether it was imported from the West (specficially, Persia...
Just finished François Jullien's chapter on Zhuangzi from _Detour and Access_. here's a bit: "Zhuangzi invites us to shift our perspectives but not in order...
... De : "Ke Yiliang" Almost finished with this text, and wow, Jullien is hard to match for style (and insightful content). hi thomas: any chance of more...
... The Warring States Workshop, which however tends to be somewhat restrictive (although I can function there, without being a formal China Scholar), and...
... De : "Midaughter-MaryHalpin" ... This is an outdated dating. The best up-to-date reference on the I Ching is Richard Rutt's book: he writes: "It is now...
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