Anatomy of What We Value Most /
The book analyzes, synthesizes, and evaluates the insights of the world's outstanding thinkers, prophets, and literary masters on the good, the morally right, and the lovely (part one); the question whether the world operates on the basis of such universal laws as the logos, the tao, and the pr...
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Language: English
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Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
1997.
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Value Inquiry Book Series ;
52.
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Call Number: BD232
Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Stephen F
- Barker
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- PART I THE GOOD, THE MORALLY RIGHT, AND THE LOVELY
- ONE What Are the Pre-Eminently Good Things in Life, and How Can I Acquire and Enjoy Them? TWO What Are the Pre-Eminently Valid Rules or Criteria That Determine the Moral Rightness of an Action? THREE What Are the Pre-Eminently Lovely Things, and How Can I Appreciate and Enjoy Them? PART II WHAT ARE THE PRE-EMINENTLY CREDIBLE AND ENRICHING BELIEFS ABOUT HOW THE WORLD OPERATES? Preliminary Remarks
- FOUR Does the World Operate on the Basis of a General Law That Is Variously Called the Logos or the Tao? FIVE Does the World Operate on the Basis of a Specific Law Known as the Law of Polarity? PART III ON WHAT THERE IS AND ISN'T IN THE WORLD
- Preliminary Remarks
- SIX The Kinds of Things: First Classification (Actuality, Being, Etc.) SEVEN The Kinds of Things: Second, Third, and Fourth Classifications
- EIGHT The Kinds of Things: Fifth Classification (Physical, Vital, and Logical Realities)
- PART IV WHAT ARE THE PRE-EMINENTLY CREDIBLE AND ENRICHING BELIEFS ABOUT TRUTH, WISDOM, AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS? NINE What Is the Nature of Truth? TEN What Is the Nature of Knowledge, Under-standing, and Wisdom? ELEVEN What Does It All Mean? Source References
- About the Author
- Index of Authors and Anonymous Documents Quoted.