Albert Schweitzer on Chinese thought and Confucian ethics.: An article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies
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Author(s)Roetz Heiner
PublisherJournal of Ecumenical Studies
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From the author: Albert Schweitzer's literary corpus contains voluminous manuscripts on the history of Chinese and Indian thought. Written in Lambarene, Africa, between 1937 and 1940, they have only recently been published. The main focus of Schweitzer's manuscripts is on China, especially on classical Confucianism and Daoism. What makes his interpretation remarkable (in spite of a number of misunderstandings), is its originality and conceptual strength and the cosmopolitan spirit in which it was written. According to Schweitzer, Chinese thought represented the same kind of ethical rationality that characterized European Enlightenment. He even thought that China might help the West regain this rationality that had been lost because of irrational trends in Western thought. With a special focus on the relationship of ethics and nature, Schweitzer's analysis can still help to clarify fundamental characteristics of Chinese philosophy today.
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Title: Albert Schweitzer on Chinese thought and Confucian ethics.
Author: Roetz Heiner
Publication:Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Volume: 40 Issue: 1-2 Page: 111(9)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: Albert Schweitzer's literary corpus contains voluminous manuscripts on the history of Chinese and Indian thought. Written in Lambarene, Africa, between 1937 and 1940, they have only recently been published. The main focus of Schweitzer's manuscripts is on China, especially on classical Confucianism and Daoism. What makes his interpretation remarkable (in spite of a number of misunderstandings), is its originality and conceptual strength and the cosmopolitan spirit in which it was written. According to Schweitzer, Chinese thought represented the same kind of ethical rationality that characterized European Enlightenment. He even thought that China might help the West regain this rationality that had been lost because of irrational trends in Western thought. With a special focus on the relationship of ethics and nature, Schweitzer's analysis can still help to clarify fundamental characteristics of Chinese philosophy today.
Citation Details
Title: Albert Schweitzer on Chinese thought and Confucian ethics.
Author: Roetz Heiner
Publication:Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Volume: 40 Issue: 1-2 Page: 111(9)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
