中国哲学

本书不是以历史的线索而是以专题的线索来叙述中国哲学。全书共分五个专题，分别是：世界的性质是怎样的；事物的关系是怎样的；社会的准则是怎样的；人生的取向是怎样的；认识的结构是怎样的。其中前两部分是关于自然或世界的看法，第三、四部分是关于社会和人生的看法，第五部分则是对认识与智慧本身的看法。本书的目的在于使读者对中国博大精深的哲学思想有一个很基本的了解，也即对古代中国那些很很好、很伟大的智者和智慧有一个很基本的了解。

  

   Foreword

What Is the Nature of the World

The Birth of Beliefs

The Formation of Concepts about Nature

Observation and Thinking about Phenomena

The Quest for Essence and Laws

What Are the Relationships between Things

The Relationship between Heaven and Human, and Its Religious and Intellectual Background

The Dialectical Outlook

The Holistic Outlook

What Are the So Norms

Moral Consciousness and the Establishment of Confucian Moral Principles

The Development of Confucian So Norms

Reflections on So Issues in Other Schools of Thought

Views on History

What Is the Proper Orientation of Life

The Ideal Confucian Character and Its Cultivation

Music and Character Building

The Confucian Theory of Human Nature

The Taoist Outlook on Life

What Is the Structure of Knowledge

The Source and Ability of Knowledge

The Structure or Form of Knowledge

Views on Knowledge and Action