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New Essays in Chinese Philosophy (review)

New Essays in Chinese Philosophy (review) 404 China Review International: Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1999 Hsüeh-li Cheng, editor. New Essays in Chinese Philosophy. Asian Thought and Culture, vol. 28. New York: Peter Lang, 1997. xiii, 256 pp. Hardcover $48.95, ISBN 0­8204­2878­2. This book contains fourteen papers from over one hundred presented at the Fifth International Conference of Chinese Philosophy held at the University of California, San Diego, in 1987. While each paper can be read on its own, the editor has arranged them in six groups in an effort to provide a sense of cohesion. The groupings may appear somewhat strained or arbitrary at times (at least two of the papers included under "Moral Sense and Moral Justification in Life," for example, might just as well have been among those on "Revitalizing and Reconstructing Chinese Philosophy"), but a strong point of the book is that several issues and themes do recur from time to time across the articles, with points of view varying just enough to give the reader a valuable added perspective. Indeed, several of the essays that might on their own appear overly scholastic or smug, come to life when read in the wider context. In one of the most readable http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

New Essays in Chinese Philosophy (review)

China Review International , Volume 6 (2) – Sep 1, 1999

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404 China Review International: Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 1999 Hsüeh-li Cheng, editor. New Essays in Chinese Philosophy. Asian Thought and Culture, vol. 28. New York: Peter Lang, 1997. xiii, 256 pp. Hardcover $48.95, ISBN 0­8204­2878­2. This book contains fourteen papers from over one hundred presented at the Fifth International Conference of Chinese Philosophy held at the University of California, San Diego, in 1987. While each paper can be read on its own, the editor has arranged them in six groups in an effort to provide a sense of cohesion. The groupings may appear somewhat strained or arbitrary at times (at least two of the papers included under "Moral Sense and Moral Justification in Life," for example, might just as well have been among those on "Revitalizing and Reconstructing Chinese Philosophy"), but a strong point of the book is that several issues and themes do recur from time to time across the articles, with points of view varying just enough to give the reader a valuable added perspective. Indeed, several of the essays that might on their own appear overly scholastic or smug, come to life when read in the wider context. In one of the most readable

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