{"product_id":"9781032884431","title":"Patterns of Evil in Ancient Chinese and Greek Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePatterns of Evil in Ancient Chinese and Greek Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eR.A.H. King | Pavlos Kontos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe roots of evil are often held to be Biblical, but philosophers in ancient China and Greece were thoroughly conversant with both the phenomena and the languages of evil. This volume provides a comparative examination of patterns of evil in ancient Chinese and Greek philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith no genealogical connections to rely on, the comparativist must establish a framework to connect these traditions. This volume utilizes the notion of \"patterns\" to address worries of methodological and ethical incommensurability, and to show what this means for the practice of comparative philosophy. In the case of evil, this methodology requires diving deep into the linguistic and political murk where evil lurks, with its deep roots in human dispositions for experience and action. The nine chapters are arranged in two parts. Those of Part I are written by scholars with a strong background in comparative philosophy and offer a substantial analysis of how both traditions respond to a specific aspect of the phenomenology of evil. Those of Part II are “twinned” chapters, that is, chapters that discuss similar topics in close dialogue with one another, but each does it from within either of these traditions. The volume is concluded with a reflection on the varieties of comparative strategies employed in the nine chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatterns of Evil in Ancient Chinese and Greek Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars and graduate students interested in comparative philosophy, ancient Greek philosophy, early Chinese philosophy, and the problem of evil quite generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR.A.H. King\u003c\/b\u003e is a full Professor for the History of Philosophy at the University of Berne, Switzerland. Previously, he taught philosophy at the Universities of Glasgow and Munich. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAristotle on life and death\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eAristotle and Plotinus on Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003e“The Lord a Lord, the Minister a Minister, the Father a Father, the Son a Son.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003eVirtues and Roles in Ancient Greek and Chinese Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming). He has edited \u003ci\u003eCommon to Body and Soul Philosophical Approaches to Explaining Living Behaviour in Greco-Roman Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eHow Should One Live? Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dennis Schilling) (2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life and Conceptions of Life in Early China and Graeco-Roman Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). He is one of the translators of Plotinus in the Cambridge Plotinus (ed. Lloyd Gerson 2018, 2nd ed. 2024). He has published many articles on early Chinese ethics, especially in comparison with Greek ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePavlos Kontos\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Patras. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eAristotle on the Scope of Practical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge: 2021), (ed.) \u003ci\u003eEvil in Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003ePhenomenology and the Primacy of the Political: Essays in Honor of Jacques Taminiaux\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor; 2017), and \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Moral Realism Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge: 2013). His \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Aristotle's Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in Modern Greek with the title \u003cem\u003eThe two eu of eutuchia\u003c\/em\u003e (2018, 2023), has been translated into English and Chinese. Kontos is the co-editor, alongside C.D.C. Reeve, of \u003ci\u003eAristotle: Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032884431\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e198\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63773065445516,"sku":"9781032884431","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032884431","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}