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" Tao and trinity : "
Scott Austin
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BL
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641776
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Austin, Scott,1953-
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Tao and trinity : : notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy /\ Scott Austin
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First edition
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Palgrave Pivot
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xi, 130 pages ;; 23 cm
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9781137501585
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9781137498144
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1137498145
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9781137498120
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1137498129
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The being of illusion -- The Greeks and Greek issues -- Plato and followers -- Aquinas -- Being and appearance
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"Tao and Trinity treats the Trinity as a philosophical notion coming to birth in Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Plato. All three attempt to treat the idea of an absolute source or unity of all things, and are driven in the direction of a first principle which is an instance of itself, an identity and a contradiction at once. The Trinity later on in Aquinas is also such a principle, one characteristically Western, with consequences for art and metaphor, image and symbol, comedy, tragedy, and religion. The consideration of Aquinas forces a rewriting of the history of Western philosophy from Parmenides to Heidegger, Whitehead, and Derrida. The Tao is an Eastern version of such a principle - less dependent on dialectic, reason, logic, hierarchy, and more on nature, mysticism, and transcendence."--Back cover
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Thomas,1225?-1274
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Tao
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Trinity
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Triads (Philosophy)
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Polarity (Philosophy)
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Philosophy-- History
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113
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B105.T74A87 2014
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| Parallel Title
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Notes on self-reference and the unity of opposites in philosophy
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