How should we live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity
Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought
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Wong, D
August 2011
This paper was read at a conference on ethics in ancient China and Greek and Roman antiquity held at the University of Munich. Aristotle, the Analects, the Daodejing, and the Zhuangzi are discussed in relation to the values of complexity and simplicity. It might be thought that Aristotle values complexity and not simplicity, while the Daoist texts value simplicity and not complexity, but the texts reveal something far more complex.
Duke Scholars
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August 2011
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259 / 277
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DeGruyter
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Wong, D. (2011). Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought. In D. Schilling & R. King (Eds.), How should we live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity (pp. 259–277). DeGruyter.
Wong, D. “Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought.” In How Should We Live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity, edited by D. Schilling and R. King, 259–77. DeGruyter, 2011.
Wong D. Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought. In: Schilling D, King R, editors. How should we live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity. DeGruyter; 2011. p. 259–77.
Wong, D. “Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought.” How Should We Live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity, edited by D. Schilling and R. King, DeGruyter, 2011, pp. 259–77.
Wong D. Complexity and Simplicity in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought. In: Schilling D, King R, editors. How should we live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antquity. DeGruyter; 2011. p. 259–277.
Publication Date
August 2011
Start / End Page
259 / 277
Publisher
DeGruyter