Franklin Perkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franklin Perkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franklin |
| FAMILY NAME | Perkins |
| SIGNATURE | PERKINS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Doing What You Really Want: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mengzi
This book is a coherent, systematic, and plausible explanation of the philosophy of Mengzi (Mencius), a fourth-century bce Confucian. It covers the full range of Mengzi’s philosophy, from the place of human beings in nature, to human psychology and philosophy of emotions, to the various ways in which we can deliberately change and cultivate ourselves. Since Mengzi was concerned not just with theory but also with effective action, the book include…
The Zhuangzi and the Division Between Heaven and Human
The Guodian Laozi 老子 Materials
Of Fish and Men: Species Diff erence and the Strangeness of Being Human in the Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work of many hands, it is one of the finest pieces of literature in the classical Chinese corpus. It employs every trope and literary device available to set off rhetorically c…
Fanwu Liuxing 凡物流形 (“All Things Flow Into Form”) and the “One” in the Laozi
The archeological discoveries of the past several decades have radically expanded our knowledge of the Laozi and its context. Thus far, most research has focused on the various manuscript versions of the text itself, but there is another way in which archeological evidence has changed our knowledge of the Laozi : the discovery of several other cosmogonic texts, all dated to around the same time as the Guodian materials. While these texts share so…
Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems
This volume of new essays is the first English-language anthology devoted to Chinese metaphysics. The essays explore the key themes of Chinese philosophy, from pre-Qin to modern times, starting with important concepts such as yin-yang and qi and taking the reader through the major periods in Chinese thought - from the Classical period, through Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, into the twentieth-century philosophy of Xiong Shili. They explor…
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical dis…
Divergences within the Lǎozǐ: A Study of Chapters 67-81
It is well known that the three bundles of bamboo strips found at Guōdiàn containing versions of materials appearing in the Lǎozǐ included no passages from the last fifteen chapters of the received text. This article examines closely those final fifteen chapters, arguing that they articulate a coherent philosophical position fundamentally different from and even opposed to that of the Guōdiàn materials. The foundation of the last fifteen chapte…
No Need for Hemlock: Mencius's Defense of Tradition
Wandering Beyond Tragedy with Zhuangzi
One could define a "tragic" viewpoint in many ways, but its core is the claim that things in this world do not always work out for the best. Probably the greatest tragic figure in the Zhuangzi is the defiant praying mantis, who waves her arms to fend off the oncoming chariot. This praying mantis is surely a symbol of Confucius, who was said in the Lun Yu to know that what he does is impossible but to do it anyway. In the Zhuangzi, such characters…
Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light
Motivation and the Heart in the Xing Zi Ming Chu
Following Nature with Mengzi or Zhuangzi
Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light
"Why was Leibniz so fascinated by Chinese philosophy and culture? What specific forms did his interest take? How did his interest compare with the relative indifference of his philosophical contemporaries and near-contemporaries such as Spinoza and Locke? In this highly original book, Franklin Perkins examines Leibniz's voluminous writings on the subject and suggests that his interest was founded in his own philosophy: the nature of his metaphysi…
Mencius, Emotion, And Autonomy
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 29, Issue 2 p. 207-226 Mencius, Emotion, And Autonomy Franklin Perkins, Franklin Perkins DePaul University, Chicago, ILSearch for more papers by this author Franklin Perkins, Franklin Perkins DePaul University, Chicago, ILSearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 December 2002 https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6253.00078Citations: 6AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack …
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
Mencius, Emotion, and Autonomy
Virtue, Reason, and Cultural Exchange: Leibniz's Praise of Chinese Morality
Leibniz worked tirelessly to promote tolerance, peace, and the exchange of ideas, perhaps most in his attempts to bridge religious factions in Europe, but also in his receptiveness to the past and his attitude toward other cultures. This accommodation of differences is rooted in the belief that the most perfect possible world maximizes both diversity and harmony. In a time of rapid globalization, as the imperative to maximize diversity and harmon…
Virtue, Reason, and Cultural Exchange: Leibniz's Praise of Chinese Morality
Leibniz worked tirelessly to promote tolerance, peace, and the exchange of ideas, perhaps most in his attempts to bridge religious factions in Europe, but also in his receptiveness to the past and his attitude toward other cultures. This accommodation of differences is rooted in the belief that the most perfect possible world maximizes both diversity and harmony. In a time of rapid globalization, as the imperative to maximize diversity and harmon…
Mencius, Emotion, And Autonomy
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 29, Issue 2 p. 207-226 Mencius, Emotion, And Autonomy Franklin Perkins, Franklin Perkins DePaul University, Chicago, ILSearch for more papers by this author Franklin Perkins, Franklin Perkins DePaul University, Chicago, ILSearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 December 2002 https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6253.00078Citations: 6AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack …
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
Mencius, Emotion, and Autonomy
Virtue, Reason, and Cultural Exchange: Leibniz's Praise of Chinese Morality
Leibniz worked tirelessly to promote tolerance, peace, and the exchange of ideas, perhaps most in his attempts to bridge religious factions in Europe, but also in his receptiveness to the past and his attitude toward other cultures. This accommodation of differences is rooted in the belief that the most perfect possible world maximizes both diversity and harmony. In a time of rapid globalization, as the imperative to maximize diversity and harmon…
Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light
"Why was Leibniz so fascinated by Chinese philosophy and culture? What specific forms did his interest take? How did his interest compare with the relative indifference of his philosophical contemporaries and near-contemporaries such as Spinoza and Locke? In this highly original book, Franklin Perkins examines Leibniz's voluminous writings on the subject and suggests that his interest was founded in his own philosophy: the nature of his metaphysi…
Following Nature with Mengzi or Zhuangzi
Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light
Motivation and the Heart in the Xing Zi Ming Chu
No Need for Hemlock: Mencius's Defense of Tradition
Wandering Beyond Tragedy with Zhuangzi
One could define a "tragic" viewpoint in many ways, but its core is the claim that things in this world do not always work out for the best. Probably the greatest tragic figure in the Zhuangzi is the defiant praying mantis, who waves her arms to fend off the oncoming chariot. This praying mantis is surely a symbol of Confucius, who was said in the Lun Yu to know that what he does is impossible but to do it anyway. In the Zhuangzi, such characters…
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical dis…
Divergences within the Lǎozǐ: A Study of Chapters 67-81
It is well known that the three bundles of bamboo strips found at Guōdiàn containing versions of materials appearing in the Lǎozǐ included no passages from the last fifteen chapters of the received text. This article examines closely those final fifteen chapters, arguing that they articulate a coherent philosophical position fundamentally different from and even opposed to that of the Guōdiàn materials. The foundation of the last fifteen chapte…
Fanwu Liuxing 凡物流形 (“All Things Flow Into Form”) and the “One” in the Laozi
The archeological discoveries of the past several decades have radically expanded our knowledge of the Laozi and its context. Thus far, most research has focused on the various manuscript versions of the text itself, but there is another way in which archeological evidence has changed our knowledge of the Laozi : the discovery of several other cosmogonic texts, all dated to around the same time as the Guodian materials. While these texts share so…
Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems
This volume of new essays is the first English-language anthology devoted to Chinese metaphysics. The essays explore the key themes of Chinese philosophy, from pre-Qin to modern times, starting with important concepts such as yin-yang and qi and taking the reader through the major periods in Chinese thought - from the Classical period, through Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, into the twentieth-century philosophy of Xiong Shili. They explor…
Of Fish and Men: Species Diff erence and the Strangeness of Being Human in the Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work of many hands, it is one of the finest pieces of literature in the classical Chinese corpus. It employs every trope and literary device available to set off rhetorically c…
The Guodian Laozi 老子 Materials
Doing What You Really Want: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mengzi
This book is a coherent, systematic, and plausible explanation of the philosophy of Mengzi (Mencius), a fourth-century bce Confucian. It covers the full range of Mengzi’s philosophy, from the place of human beings in nature, to human psychology and philosophy of emotions, to the various ways in which we can deliberately change and cultivate ourselves. Since Mengzi was concerned not just with theory but also with effective action, the book include…
The Zhuangzi and the Division Between Heaven and Human
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