Reviews
Written in an easy-to-understand way, this book explains the differences between Eastern and Western worldviews and the development of ethics and morality in both traditions.
There is little natural-science content, and few illustrations or charts; it’s full of nothing but the author’s pointless personal opinions.
Yeo-woon Lee Jun-ho: Modern Science and Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
Scholars differ greatly in how they interpret the Tao Te Ching and explain it. A single Chinese character can carry several meanings, and because relatively few characters were in use at the time, one character was often borrowed to represent several different meanings. Drawing on what I have learned over more than ten years of study, I have taken on a new approach. I hope many readers will find the Tao Te Ching easy to read and use it as a textbook for practical philosophy. This book also reflects a teacher’s wish to leave my one and only beloved pupil, Park Chan-sol, and my one and only daughter, Lee Yeol-eum, a philosophical textbook and guide to life on Laozi’s profound view of the universe (the Way) and the virtue people should embody. As a poor father, this is my heartfelt resolve. Unlike the Western Bible, the I Ching and Tao Te Ching do not conflict with modern science. Remarkably, they can be understood in various ways through the language developed by Western science. Laozi called that kind of resonance mystery. Readers may enjoy tracing how Eastern philosophy and modern science come together in this book.
Korean title: 현대과학과 노자 도덕경
Korean author: 여운 이준호
Korean publisher: 렛츠북
ISBN-13: 9791160547054
Reviews
Written in an easy-to-understand way, this book explains the differences between Eastern and Western worldviews and the development of ethics and morality in both traditions.
There is little natural-science content, and few illustrations or charts; it’s full of nothing but the author’s pointless personal opinions.
