One and many: a comparative study of Plato's philosophy and Daoism represented by Ge Hong

Author(s)
Zhang, Ji
Keywords
Daoism, Chinese religion, comparative philosophy, Plato, Ge Hong, one and many, unity and plurality

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/641502
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http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/00002974/01/Table_and_contents.pdf
Abstract
The “one-many” problem is ontological rather than logical. The thesis is a dialogue between thinkers who never met, investigating the question of what reality fundamentally is in the context of change. Textual studies distinguishing Ge Hong’s relational ontology from Platonic causational ontology lead to the conclusion that Daoist cosmogony, moving “from nothing into being” offers an evolutionary solution to Plato’s problem of change “from being to becoming”.
Date
2006
Type
thesis(phd)
Identifier
oai:arrow.nla.gov.au:122836610889837
10187/1705
http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/00002974/01/Table_and_contents.pdf
00002974_01_Table_and_contents.pdf
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