A Hope for Philosophy I: The European Path and Chinese Opportunity

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As the final work by Ye Xiushan, one of the most famous philosophers and philosophy scholars in China, this two-volume title scrutinizes the historical development of both Chinese and Western philosophies, aiming to explore the convergence between the two philosophical traditions. Combining the historical examination and argumentation based on philosophical problematics, the two-volume set expounds the key figures and schools and critical thoughts in both Western and Chinese philosophical histories. In this first volume, the author investigates the intellectual heritage of ancient Greece and Thales of Miletus as the cradle of European philosophy, freedom in Greek philosophy, reason and negation in classical German philosophy, and the relationship between epistemology and ontology in the philosophical history, thereby illuminating the core spirit of Western philosophy and theoretical quandary facing the contemporary European philosophy. This title will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers interested in philosophical history, comparative philosophy, Chinese philosophy, and Western philosophy ranging over Greek philosophy, German classic philosophy, and contemporary continental philosophy. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction: The Path of European Philosophy and the Opportunity for Chinese Philosophy 1 The Free Knowledge of Ancient Greece 2 The Challenge of Freedom: Philosophy's Confrontation with the Spirit of Judeo-Christianity 3 The Dawn of the East and the Sunset of the West 1. European Philosophy: Believing the Being of Freedom, Pursuing the Freedom of Being 1.1 The Birth of the Concept of Freedom in European Philosophy 1.2 Kant's Contribution to the Issues of Freedom 1.3 Hegel's Classical Epitome of Freedom and Being 1.4 Inferences Proceeding Therefrom 2. The Origin of European Philosophy: On the Path of Knowing Thyself 2.1 The Idea of Arche and the Problem of Being: The Birth of Ancient Greek Scientific Thought 2.2 On the Difficulties of the 'essence-being': Manifestations of Ancient Dialectics 2.3 Socrates and Irony 2.4 The Death of Socrates 2.5 Socrates as Midwife 3. Classical German Philosophy: Fundamental Conceptions and Approaches 3.1 The Practical Spirit of Reason 3.2 The Meaning of Negation in Classical German Philosophy 3.2.1 Negation as a Category of Logic 3.2.2 Negation as the Spirit of Reason 3.2.3 Creation and Freedom of Spirit 3.2.4 'Spirit-Negation-Development' and Future 4. The Relationship between Epistemology and Ontology in European Philosophy 4.1 Philosophical Turn: From Epistemology to Ontology 4.2 Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Will 4.2.1 Schopenhauer's Critique of Kant 4.2.2 Schopenhauer's Critique of Hegel 4.2.3 Schopenhauer's Philosophy at the Crossing Point of East and West 4.3 The Contribution of Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology to European Philosophy 4.3.1 The Historical Connection of Husserl with European Philosophy 4.3.2 Scepticism and Epoché 4.3.3 C. Husserl and Kant 4.3.4 Humanistic Sciences as Scientific Knowledge of Freedom 4.3.5 The Appearance of Husserl's 'Transcendental Phenomenology' 4.3.6 Ideas and Reality, Freedom and Necessity, Humanities and Nature, etc. 4.4 Heidegger's Return to Ontology 4.5 Lévinas: Transcending beyond Ontology 4.6 Moment of the Convergence of Eastern and Western Culture Note Index