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- Title
The Idea of Cyclicality in Chinese Thought.
- Authors
An, Yanming
- Abstract
The Chinese view of time and history cannot be defined as either "cyclicality" or "linearity" in the sense of St. Augustine and Hegel. Like the Indo-Hellenic cyclicality, it regards the cyclical movements as universal in both Heaven and human. Nevertheless, it contains neither the conception of Great Year or Mahayuga, nor that of repeated destruction and reconstruction of humankind. It holds that the cyclical movements do not recur as "uniform rotation," but appear as a chain composed of countless links each of which possesses individuality. It is not the chain itself, but each of its links that cyclically develop. Meanwhile, it agrees with the Judeo-Christian tradition that there is no repetition and reversibility for historical figures and events. However, it does not believe that history has an absolute beginning and end, demonstrating itself as a One-Grand Cycle from human alienation from God to their reconciliation with Him.
- Subjects
CYCLES; CHINESE philosophy; AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430; HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831; JUDEO-Christian tradition; GRECO-Roman civilization
- Publication
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 3, p389
- ISSN
1540-3009
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11712-021-09787-8