Aristotle In China: Language, Categories And Translation (needham Research Institute Studies)
by Robert Wardy /
2000 / English / PDF
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This book considers the relation between language and thought.
Robert Wardy explores this huge topic by analyzing linguistic
relativism with reference to a Chinese translation of Aristotle's
Categories. He addresses some key questions, such as, do the basic
structures of language shape the major thought patterns of its
native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the
language in which it is done? And does Aristotle survive rendition
into Chinese intact? Wardy's answers will fascinate philosophers,
Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and make a
major contribution to the scholarly literature.
This book considers the relation between language and thought.
Robert Wardy explores this huge topic by analyzing linguistic
relativism with reference to a Chinese translation of Aristotle's
Categories. He addresses some key questions, such as, do the basic
structures of language shape the major thought patterns of its
native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the
language in which it is done? And does Aristotle survive rendition
into Chinese intact? Wardy's answers will fascinate philosophers,
Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and make a
major contribution to the scholarly literature.
