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An 18th-Century Catholic–Daoist Theology: Complementary Non-Being and Being in the Trinitarian Latin Laozi

open access: yesReligions
A fundamental question when comparing Western and Chinese traditions is what if any similarities exist between the key metaphysical concepts Being and Non-Being and you 有 and wu 無.
Misha Tadd
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The great body has no shape, the great art is embodied : conception of body in Zhang Huan’s performance art [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Zhang Huan (b. 1965) can be considered a pioneering contemporary performance artist in China. His position on the Chinese art scene is highly regarded not only from a historical perspective. The use of the artist’s body as a means of expression can serve
Banka, Rafał, He, Jinli
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Metaphysical Foundations of Knowledge and Ethics in Chinese and European Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In the history of Chinese and European philosophy, metaphysics has played an outstanding role: it is a theoretical framework which provides the basis for a philosophical understanding of the world and the self.
Borsche, Tilman   +11 more
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Frequent Spin Reorientation of Galaxies due to Local Interactions

open access: yes, 2014
We study the evolution of angular momenta of ($M_*=10^{10}-10^{12}\msun$) galaxies utilizing large-scale ultra-high resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulations and find that spin of the stellar component changes direction frequently, caused by major
Cen, Renyue
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ALL OR NOTHING? NATURE IN CHINESE THOUGHT AND THE APOPHATIC OCCIDENT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper develops an interpretation of nature in classical Chinese culture through dialogue with the work of François Jullien. I understand nature negatively as precisely what never appears as such nor ever can be exactly apprehended and defined.
FRANKE, WILLIAM
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