Aristotle in China: Language, Categories and Translation - Couverture rigide

Wardy, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521771188 ISBN 13 : 9780521771184

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this book, Robert Wardy, a philosopher and classicist, turns his attention to the relation between language and thought. He explores this huge topic in an analysis of linguistic relativism, with specific reference to a reading of the ming li t'an ('The Investigation of the Theory of Names'), a seventeenth-century Chinese translation of Aristotle's Categories. Throughout his investigation, Wardy addresses important questions. Do the basis structures of language shape the major thought-patterns of its native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the language in which it is done? What factors, from grammar and logic to cultural and religious expectations, influence translation? And does Aristotle survive rendition into Chinese intact? His answers will fascinate philosphers, Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and will make a major contribution to the existing literature.

Revue de presse :

'... we in Chinese studies clearly owe a considerable debt to Robert Wardy, and hope that he will find other examples of cultural intercommunication between the classical tradition of Western philosophy and China with which to beguile our increasingly rare moments of reflection.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521771188
• ISBN 13: 9780521771184
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 182