Knowing Words : Wisdom and Cunning in the Classical Traditions of China and Greece /
For the Greeks, the craft of Odysseus and the wisdom of Athena were examples of metis, an elusive cast of mind that ranged from wisdom and forethought to craft and cunning. Although it informed many aspects of Greek society, metis was all but absent from the language of Greek philosophy. Invoking In...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press
[2018]
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| Collection: | Myth and poetics.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv5qdgs8 |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword / Nagy, Gregory
- Preface / Raphals, Lisa
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Chinese Accounts of Wisdom and Knowledge
- 2. Wisdom in Classical Confucianism
- 3. Mohist Knowledge
- 4. Taoist Wisdom
- 5. Cunning in Rhetoric and Strategy
- Interlude
- 6. The Strategies of Zhuge Liang
- 7. The Journey to the West
- 8. Heroes, Kings, and Kingmakers
- 9. Skillful Means
- 10. Conclusions
- Appendix 1. Warring States Terms for Wisdom and Cunning
- Appendix 2. Terms for Wisdom and Cunning in Two Ming Novels
- Appendix 3. Semantic Range
- Character List
- Selected Bibliography
- Index