This new English translation of François Jullien’s work is a compelling summation of his thinking on the comparison between Western and Chinese thought. The title, From Being to Living, summarises his essential point: that western thinking is obsessed by – and determined as well as limited by – the notion of Being, whereas traditional Chinese thought was always situated in Living.

PROPENSITY vs CAUSALITY
POTENTIAL OF SITUATION (vs INITIATIVE OF THE SUBJECT)
RECEPTIVITY (vs FREEDOM)
RELIABILITY (vs SINCERITY)
TENACITY (vs WILL)
OBLIQUiITY (vs FRONTALITY)
INDIRECTNESS (vs METHOD)
INFLUENCE (vs PERSUASION)
COHERENCE (vs MEANING)
CONNIVENCE (vs KNOWLEDGE)
MATURATION (vs MODELISATION)
REGULATION (vs REVELATION)
SILENT TRANSFORMATION (vs RESONANT EVENT)
EVASIVE (vs ASSIGNABLE)
ALLUSIVE (vs ALLEGORICAL)
AMBIGUOUS (vs EQUIVOCAL)
BETWEEN (vs BEYOND)
SURGE (vs SETTLED)
NON-POSTPONEMENT (vs DELAYING KNOWLEDGE)
RESOURCE (vs TRUTH)
Subject/Situation: On a BranchinG-Off of Thought. Note of the Seminar 2013-2014
AFTERWORD: FROM DIVERGENCE TO THE COMMON
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