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Detachment and Emptiness of the Tao-Te-Ching and Master Eckart
Michutová, Alena ; Hošek, Pavel (advisor) ; Obuchová, Ľubica (referee)
Title: Letting go and detachment in the Tao Te Ching and in the works of Meister Eckhart Type: Diploma thesis Author: Alena Michutová Supervisor: doc. Pavel Hošek, ThD. Site: Neratov Year of solving: 2013 Pages: 120 This diploma thesis is divided into five chapters. The first one deals with goals and methods of the work and the fifth chapter is the conclusion. The theme itself is divided into three chapters: (2) theme of detachment in the Tao Te Ching, (3) theme of detachment by Meister Eckhart, (4) comparison of the detachment in the Tao Te Ching and in the works of Meister Eckhart. The first part is concerned with the character of Laozi, the book of Tao Te Ching and its position in the Taoist canon. Then the basic terms of the Tao Te Ching, Tao, wu-wei and sameness, are examined. Consequently, the necessary analyses, which is interspersed with numerous citations from the Tao Te Ching and also from the secondary literature, follows to approach the topic "detachment in the Tao Te Ching". In the end, I briefly outline, how the idea of detachment has been devepoled in Taoist praxis from the very beginning up to the present time. The similar method for the topic of detachment by Meister Eckhart has been chosen - at first I deal with the character of Meister Eckhart, then with his Latin and German...
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Han Fei's Strategy in Interpretation and Adaptation of the Laozi
Gajdošová, Kateřina ; Zádrapa, Lukáš (advisor) ; Vávra, Dušan (referee)
The bachelor thesis Han Fei's Strategy in Interpreting the Laozi deals with the first known commentary of the Laozi, one of the fundamental works of the so-called philosophical taoism, found in the work of Han Fei, the leading proponent of legalism. The work summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning the dating and authorship of the Laozi. It also outlines the broader context of the Warring States period thinking and draws attention to the problem of traditional categorization into schools of thought. The focus of the work is a philosophical analysis of the Jie Lao 解 老 and Yu Lao 喻老 chapters, as well as some other relevant chapters of the Hanfeizi. Han Fei's interpreting strategy is demonstrated on the examples taken from the two texts, accompanied by original translations for that purpose.
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