[Schwartz's] arguments are impressive, both in breadth and depth.
From a lifetime of learning he offers insights into ancient Chinese
ideas and Greek, modern European, and contemporary American thought
as well...This work is essential reading for every scholar of
intellectual history. -- Henry Rosemont, Jr. "Journal of Asian
Studies"
[This book] is a fascinating, readable, and even inspiring study of
Confucius and the great sages who followed him...A powerful
exposition of the great ancient Chinese thinkers...Schwartz's
vigilance to the particular fragile core of meaning embedded in the
ancient texts makes him an acute commentator...Reading this book
will keep the reader from simply appropriating 'China'--or the
media's image of it--into his own scheme of values. -- Thomas
D'Evelyn "Christian Science Monitor"
ÝSchwartz's¨ arguments are impressive, both in breadth and depth.
From a lifetime of learning he offers insights into ancient Chinese
ideas and Greek, modern European, and contemporary American thought
as well...This work is essential reading for every scholar of
intellectual history. -- Henry Rosemont, Jr. "Journal of Asian
Studies"
ÝThis book¨ is a fascinating, readable, and even inspiring study of
Confucius and the great sages who followed him...A powerful
exposition of the great ancient Chinese thinkers...Schwartz's
vigilance to the particular fragile core of meaning embedded in the
ancient texts makes him an acute commentator...Reading this book
will keep the reader from simply appropriating 'China'--or the
media's image of it--into his own scheme of values. -- Thomas
D'Evelyn "Christian Science Monitor"
The book is a lucid, accurate, agreeably written and comprehensive
survey, based on a long familiarity with the whole of the
literature of Chinese schools of thought down to the second century
BC, and its great strength is its range of comparisons with other
traditions. Chinese thought has never before been contemplated with
quite this breadth of vision...Schwartz's book deserves to stand
for some time to come as the most authoritative account of ancient
Chinese thought for the Westerner interested in the history of
ideas. -- A. C. Graham "Times Literary Supplement"
With this immensely learned book, Mr.Schwartz has challenged those
who reflect only on Western historical experience or 'primitive'
societies to take the world of thought in ancient China into
account...The great contribution of this book is to engage ancient
Chinese thought in a dialogue with late 20th-century intellectual,
moral and political concerns. -- Willard J. Peterson "New York
Times Book Review"
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