Bulletin n. 2-3/2012 | ||
October 2012-February 2013 | ||
Cheng Chung-Ying |
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World Humanities and Self-Reflection of Humanity: A Confucian-Neo-Confucian Perspective | ||
in Journal of Chinese Philosophy , Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2012 , 2012 , 476-494 | ||
Abstract This article presents and develops Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucian theory of heart-mind-will and human nature as the source and basis for the understanding of humanity. This article next shows how Kant and Confucius could be said to share the same vision of humanity in light of one particular historical connection between them. Finally, I have explored four forms of knowledge in light of a distinction between feeling and observation as well as their basic unity. This gives rise to our vision of humanity as world-rooted, and so indicates further how it can serve as a grounding for world-humanities. | ||