The Social and Political Philosophy of the Shih-chi

1963 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Exact Nature ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Open Society ◽  
Profound Change ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
State And Society

Chinese state and society underwent a profound change in the Former Han period. During the early years of the Former Han the exact nature of state and society was by no means clear, but by the end of this period, the broad outlines of the imperial system had been established for all subsequent Chinese history. The Ch'in Dynasty had indicated one direction, but its collapse had revived many of those elements present at the end of the third century B.C. which could logically have developed into a limited open society.

Klassische chinesische Philosophie

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubert Schleichert ◽  
Heiner Roetz
Keyword(s):  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Ancient Civilization ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Enlightenment

Chinese philosophical thought, which has fascinated Europe ever since the Enlightenment, originated in one of the most turbulent periods of Chinese history, the period from the sixth to the third century BC, in response to a crisis of disruption in ancient civilization. This book is dedicated to this "classical" period because of its lasting significance. It is intended to provide readers, even those without prior knowledge, with a reliable introduction to all the essential thinkers of the epoch, beginning with Confucius. Through numerous quotations, all translated from the original sources, the reader is introduced to the content, style and methodology of the ancient philosophies. In doing so, the book also gives repeated indications of the undiminished relevance of the positions represented. This fourth edition has been extensively revised and enhanced.

Politics and Morality in the Thought of Karl Popper

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Minogue
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Karl Popper ◽  
Open Society ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social

LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I FIND KARL POPPER BOTH FASCINATING and irritating. His vigour and lucidity are irresistible, and no one could complain that he fails to engage with the big questions. The problems begin when we consider his political thought. Some think him one of the great liberal philosophers of the century. I on the other hand, while being fascinated by The Open Society and its Enemies, am repelled by the grossness of its caricaturing of most of the thinkers it touches. The Poverty of Historicism is a marvellous text in the philosophy of the social sciences, but the idea of historicism is a straw man. The paradox seems to be that while there is a lot that refers to the political questions of the day, there is virtually nothing which takes up issues of political philosophy directly. The result is that he seems to me always to be on the wrong foot, and my problem is to discover why.

Tertullian and the Crucified God

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rankin
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Early Form ◽  
Cyril Of Alexandria ◽  
The Third ◽  
Restricted Sense ◽  
Communicatio Idiomatum ◽  
Definition Of

The Christological doctrine of the “communicatio idiomatum” requires that whatever is predicated of one nature of Christ — human or divine — may be predicated of either. It was a major feature of the thought of Cyril of Alexandria and the Alexandrian school generally but denied by most of the Antiochene school. It was accepted in a restricted sense by Leo of Rome but largely ignored in the documents of the mid-fifth century Council of Chalcedon. It appears nowhere in that council's Definition of Faith. This paper suggests that an early form of the doctrine is evident in the works of Tertullian of Carthage, writing in the early years of the third century. Whether Tertullian understood the full, logical implications of what he wrote in relation to the “communicatio”, however, cannot be said with any certainty.

The Discourse of Voluntary Martyrdom: Ancient and Modern

2012 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candida R. Moss
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Third Century ◽  
The Third ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
The Social

While the social and intellectual basis of voluntary martyrdom is fiercely debated, scholarship on Christian martyrdom has unanimously distinguished between “martyrdom” and “voluntary martyrdom” as separate phenomena, practices, and categories from the second century onward. Yet there is a startling dearth of evidence for the existence of the category of the “voluntary martyr” prior to the writings of Clement of Alexandria. This paper has two interrelated aims: to review the evidence for the category of the voluntary martyr in ancient martyrological discourse and to trace the emergence of the category of the voluntary martyr in modern scholarship on martyrdom. It will argue both that the category began to emerge only in the third century in the context of efforts to justify flight from persecution, and also that the assumption of Clement's taxonomy of approaches to martyrdom by scholars is rooted in modern constructions of the natural.

scholarly journals Open Society According Henri Bergson: Its Political Expressions and Anthropological Substantiation

Politologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-63
Author(s):  
Povilas Aleksandravičius
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Henri Bergson ◽  
Open Society ◽  
The Third

The paper seeks to reveal the Bergson’s conception of open society. In the first part, three concrete political expressions of the open society are identified that are sprea­ding in international relations and inside the society. The second part is aimed at showing that the open society is not a society without borders or limits and it does not pose any dangers to cherishing of identities: Bergson’s concept of duration, the source of his political philosophy, establishes identities by providing the foundation for the dynamic process of their maturation through openness. The anthropological substantiation of the open society that was begun in this part is continued in the third part of the paper that analyses the factors of closing and opening, their roots in nature, human nature and vital impetus.

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