Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 39
... perhaps to add a personal accent to some of the thoughts around the theme of this conference which you will be expounding and annotating with a dis- tinction all your own . It is pleasurable to take part , in whatever humble capacity ...
... perhaps to add a personal accent to some of the thoughts around the theme of this conference which you will be expounding and annotating with a dis- tinction all your own . It is pleasurable to take part , in whatever humble capacity ...
Page 161
... perhaps to satisfy the Chinese love of sensuous beauty , perhaps to represent more ap- propriately the quality of compassion , especially as a protector of women and bestower of children , or perhaps to give Buddhism a loving Mother ...
... perhaps to satisfy the Chinese love of sensuous beauty , perhaps to represent more ap- propriately the quality of compassion , especially as a protector of women and bestower of children , or perhaps to give Buddhism a loving Mother ...
Page 183
... Perhaps too much ingenuity has been exercised by traditional commentators on the contrasting or pairing of characters ( for example , A is B's opposite , C is D's shadow ) , but their grouping and balancing is subtly done . One of the ...
... Perhaps too much ingenuity has been exercised by traditional commentators on the contrasting or pairing of characters ( for example , A is B's opposite , C is D's shadow ) , but their grouping and balancing is subtly done . One of the ...
Contents
Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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