Dialectica reconciliae (The Dialectic of Reconciliation). Using Chinese dialectic to harmonize Idealism and Materialism, Religion and Marxism, for global reconciliation
by Tan, W. C. [Wee-Chong Tan]
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Victoria: `, 1983. Paperback. ii, 205p., text reproduced from keyboard-set mss, softbound in 9x6 inch wraps. Chinese Canadian scholar precis's the Yin-Yang dialectic, the Tao, Sun Tzu's strategy, Confucius, Mo Tzu, Hadn Tau, Han Fei, Tung Chung-shu, Ssu-Ma Chien, Wang Chung and many more classic Chinese philosophical approaches, then launches into classical Greek thought, Plotinus, Augustine, Erigena, the German mystics (Eckhart, von Cusa, Boehme, Silesius) --and we're only at p.98, with mainstream Christian and secular names to come, ending the survey with Marx -- finally, some very technical philosophy. A very good clean copy that is inscribed and signed on the title page by the author, datelining 1991. Cover text additionally states: "September 1983, Special Edition to Commemorate the Inauguration of The International Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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- Dialectica reconciliae (The Dialectic of Reconciliation). Using Chinese dialectic to harmonize Idealism and Materialism, Religion and Marxism, for global reconciliation
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- Tan, W. C. [Wee-Chong Tan]
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- 1983
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