A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking by François Jullien

A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking

François Jullien

216 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, Francois Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and dipl...

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