The World of Thought in Ancient China

by Benjamin I. Schwartz

Book Overview

The center of this prodigious work of scholarship is a fresh examination of the range of Chinese thought during the formative period of Chinese culture. Benjamin Schwartz looks at the surviving texts of this period with a particular focus on the range of diversity to be found in them. While emphasizing the problematic and complex nature of this thought he also considers views which stress the unity of Chinese culture.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674961919
• ISBN13: 9780674961913
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"