Aristotle in China. Language, Categories and Translation
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. x (2), 170pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Needham Research Institute Studies 2. original new work on East Asian culture and science which develops the publication of the 'Science and Civilization in China' series. analysis of linguistic relativism, with specific reference to a reading of the 'ming li t'an (The Investigation of the Theory of Names, a seventeenth-century Chinese translation of Aristotle's 'Categories.' Includes Chinese-English glossary of technical terms. DJ slightly creased at top. DJ, binding and interior in overall near fine condition. vg. Item #34887
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