The Dao of Madness

The Dao of Madness
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780197505915
ISBN-13 : 0197505910
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Book Synopsis The Dao of Madness by : Alexus McLeod

Download or read book The Dao of Madness written by Alexus McLeod and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chapter One lays out the dominant views of self, agency, and moral responsibility in early Chinese Philosophy. The reason for this is that these views inform the ways early Chinese thinkers approach mental illness, as well as the role they see it playing in self-cultivation as a whole (whether they view it as problematic or beneficial, for example). In this chapter I offer a view of a number of dominant conceptions of mind, body, and agency in early Chinese thought, through a number of philosophical and medical texts"--


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