Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (Inbunden)
avEdward Slingerland
ISBN: 9780195138993 - UTGIVEN: 2003-03-01
Trying Not to Try (Häftad)
avEdward Slingerland
ISBN: 9780857863485 - UTGIVEN: 2014-12Why is it hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed on a first date? What is it about a comedian whose jokes fall flat or an athlete who chokes? What if, contrary to what we have long been told, spontaneity - not striving - is the answer to success? This b[...]
Confucius Analects (Inbunden)
avConfucius, Edward G. Slingerland, Edward G. Slingerland
ISBN: 9780872206366 - UTGIVEN: 200309This edition goes beyond others that largely leave readers to their own devices in understanding this cryptic work, by providing an entree into the text that parallels the traditional Chinese way of approaching it: alongside Slingerland's exquisite rendering of the work are his translations of a sel[...]
Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity (Häftad)
avEdward G. Slingerland
ISBN: 9780770437633 - UTGIVEN: 2015-03A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity--an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand--and why it is so essential to our well-being
Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed[...]
