Expressing the Heart's Intent

Expressing the Heart's IntentUsing Li Zehou's theories of aesthetics, argues for the importance of the arts to philosophy. In this wide ranging examination of the concept of zhi ("the heart's intent") as the foundation of Chinese aesthetics, Marthe Atwater Chandler places traditional Chinese aesthetics in conversation with contemporary Chinese theory and traditional western philosophy. Poetry, music, painting, and calligraphy played much the same role in the development of

It traverses the Illinois prairie to churches and caves in Europe and incorporates family stories

Full and illustrated discussions of the works associated with Pheidias are accompanied by catalogues of each statue type discussed

a "hermeneutics of suspicion" that transcends epistemological theory and ethical command

and of Europe before and after two world wars

But when Julian finds himself back in the 19th century

only to discover—after a series of accidents and mysterious events—that the site is haunted

Focusing on the works of Husserl

Three major geographical regions are thus studied

From unreported gambling winnings and inflated claims of the value of clothing donated to charity to money hidden in Swiss bank accounts and high-profile tax schemes plotted by celebrities and business leaders

the papers draw upon the relevant literature

now in its second edition

offering a new approach to understanding the conflict in Syria and