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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050		4	_aK230 _b.G67 2022
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100	1		_aGordley, James, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe eclipse of classical thought in China and the West / _cJames Gordley.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 361 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jul 2022).
520			_aFor centuries, the starting points for serious thought about ethics, justice, and government were traditions founded, in China by Confucius, and in the West by his near contemporary Socrates. In both classical traditions, norms were based on human nature; to contravene these norms was to deny part of one's humanity. The Chinese and Western philosophical traditions have often been regarded as mutually unintelligible. This book shows that the differences can only be understood by examining where they converge. It describes the role of these traditions in two political achievements: the formation of the constitutions of Song dynasty China and the American Republic. Both traditions went into eclipse for similar reasons but with quite different consequences: in China, the growth of absolutism, and in the West, the inability of modern political and ethical thought to defend the most fundamental values.
650		0	_aLaw _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aEast and West.
650		0	_aComparative law.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108845151
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954709
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