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Mencius
Encyclopedia of World Biography; 700+ Words Mencius Mencius (ca. 371-ca. 289 B.C.) was a Chinese philosopher and one of the...philosophers emerged, and the most brilliant of these philosophers was Mencius. Mencius elaborated on and refined many of the ideas of Confucius, and...
Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
Philosophy East and West; Oct 1, 2007; ; 700+ Words Mencius on Becoming Human. By James Behuniak Jr. Albany...Press, 2005. Pp. xxviii + 186. $40.00. In Mencius on Becoming Human, James Behuniak provides a comprehensive reading of the Mencius, ranging from cosmology and metaphysics to familial...
James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
China Review International; Sep 22, 2005; ; 700+ Words James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human. Albany: State University...00, ISBN 0-7914-6229-3. In Mencius on Becoming Human James Behuniak, Jr...the botanical metaphor underlying the Mencius' discussions of human development...
Some reflections on Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature.
Philosophy East and West; Apr 1, 1996; ; 700+ Words Introductory Remarks Mencius' most significant contribution to Confucian...basis, practical implication, and influence of Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature. Origin of Mencius' Views of Mind-Heart and Human Nature Confucius...
More "Mencius-on-human-nature" discussions: what are they about?(Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations)(Book Review)
China Review International; Mar 22, 2003; ; 700+ Words Alan Kam-leung Chan, editor. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. Honolulu...51.00, ISBN 0-8248-2377-x. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations, edited...different authors on various aspects of the Mencius. Nine of the thirteen focus in one way...
Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking.(Book review)
China Review International; Sep 22, 2008; ; 700+ Words Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...7029-9. In her latest book, "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...the necessity of understanding the Mencius as a text concerned with masculinity...
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review) (book review)
Philosophy East and West; Apr 1, 1999; ; 700+ Words Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. By Kwong...University Press, 1997. Pp. xii + 295. With Mencius and Early Chinese Thought, Kwong-Loi...traditional and modern interpretations of the Mencius. He taps both Western translations and...
Meno and Mencius: two philosophical dramas.
Philosophy East and West; Jul 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...between Meno and Socrates and between Mencius and King Xuan are philosophical dramas...describe by disciples of Socrates and Mencius. The authors had a number of motives...the future. The conversation between Mencius and Xuan, on the other hand, has deeply...
The concept of fate in Mencius.
Philosophy East and West; Oct 1, 1997; ; 700+ Words The concept of fate in Mencius is by no means a new theme in the study...Particularly on the question of whether Mencius upheld the doctrine of unalterable and...meanings of the term ming as used by Mencius -- life, moral decree, and fate...
EMOTIONAL CONTROL AND VIRTUE IN THE MENCIUS.
Philosophy East and West; Jan 1, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...does one acquire these attitudes? In the Mencius (Meng Zi ?? ??)(1) we find answers...that seems very much taken for granted in Mencius scholarship: that according to the Mencian...necessary for full moral development. Mencius takes the possession of attitudes that...
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review)
The Journal of the American Oriental Society; Apr 1, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...appear in the title, Kwong-Loi Shun's Mencius and Early Chinese Thought is an analysis of ethics in the Mencius. Shun's goal is to "further our understanding...privileges interpretations that either make Mencius (the person) as coherent as possible...
Human nature and biological nature in Mencius.(Special Issue: Human "Nature" in Chinese Philosophy: A Panel of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies)
Philosophy East and West; Jan 1, 1997; ; 700+ Words Whether Mencius, in speaking of ren-xing, did have...with others. This is certainly true of Mencius. This panel's discussion of xing derives...nature." Roger sees ren-xing, in Mencius, not as a notion that is at once descriptive...
Mencius, Hume, and sensibility theory.
Philosophy East and West; Jan 1, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...objectivity on a realist ground. I bring Mencius and David Hume together in defending sensibility...essential support from the works of both. Mencius (371-289 B.C.) is one of the most...almost every field of Western philosophy. Mencius and Hume share essential features in their...
Xunzi's systematic critique of Mencius.
Philosophy East and West; Apr 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...commentators, Xunzi's criticism of Mencius' thesis that human nature is good depends...critique Xunzi is committed to accepting Mencius' thesis that human nature is good...precise account of Xunzi's critique of Mencius' position. The account is based on an...
Mencius on 'jen-hsing.'(Special Issue: Human "Nature" in Chinese Philosophy: A Panel of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies)
Philosophy East and West; Jan 1, 1997; ; 700+ Words ...of A. C. Graham's interpretation of Mencius' views on jen-hsing, Roger T. Ames...human nature." According to Ames, Mencius' conception of jen-hsing emphasizes...is general and given. That is, while Mencius might have believed that there are certain...
Response to Henry G. Skaja. (review of 'Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming,' this issue, p. 559)
Philosophy East and West; Jul 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words ...Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming. It contains...standard Aristotelian interpretation of Mencius and a Platonic or Neo-Platonic interpretation of Wang.... Ivanhoe has Mencius argue in the traditional Aristotelian...
Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming. (book reviews)
Philosophy East and West; Jul 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words ...Ivanhoe's recent comparative study of Mencius (ca. 390-ca. 305 B.C.) and Wang...explicitly acknowledged his affinity to Mencius (and thus to Confucius), Wang could...differences between the ethical teachings of Mencius and Wang on such issues as the nature...
Mencius and Aquinas: Theories of Virtue and Conceptions of Courage. (book reviews)
Philosophy East and West; Jan 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words ...three reasons. First, his comparisons of Mencius and Aqui interest to the nonspecialist...between two such disparate ethicists as Mencius and Aquinas can most fruitfully be undertaken...obviously suited to a consideration of what Mencius and Aquinas have to say about the various...
The Book of Mencius and its reception in China and beyond.(Brief article)(Book review)
Reference & Research Book News; Nov 1, 2008; 485 Words 9783447056694 The Book of Mencius and its reception in China and beyond. Ed...from a cross-cultural perspective, the Mencius in the writings of Hu Shi, and contemporary studies of Mencius in Taiwan. The 13 essays are from a June...
Reply to Philip J. Ivanhoe. (on response to review of 'Ethics in the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming,' this issue, p. 564)
Philosophy East and West; Jul 1, 1994; ; 700+ Words ...the Confucian Tradition: The Thought of Mencius and Wang Yang-ming. In an effort to...Ivanhoe's comparative account of Mencius and Wang will prove to be a valuable resource...original translations of passages from the Mencius and Ch'uan-hsi - although I failed...
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