An Introduction to Confucianism

Xinzhong Yao
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Taking into account the long history and wide range of Confucian Studies, this book introduces Confucianism - initiated in China by Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - primarily as a philosophical and religious tradition. It pays attention to Confucianism in both the West and the East, focusing on the tradition's doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places and terminology, but also stressing the adaptations, transformations and new thinking taking place in modern times. Xinzhong Yao presents Confucianism as a tradition with many dimensions and as an ancient tradition with contemporary appeal. This gives the reader a richer and clearer view of how Confucianism functioned in the past and of what it means in the present. A Chinese scholar based in the West, he draws together the many strands of Confucianism in a style accessible to students, teachers, and general readers interested in one of the world's major religious traditions.

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中國文化之精神價值

唐君毅
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五四以來，對中西文化的討論一直是學術界的熱門話題。在港台學者研究中國文化的眾多著作中，唐君毅的《中國文化之精神價值》是起了引領風氣及開先河的一部。它力圖通中西文化之爭中的“中體西用”與“全盤西化”之兩極，以西方文化思想中之異於中國者為背景，對中國文化的基本精神作宏觀的概論式描述。也只是在中西比較框架下，中國文化之精神價值才愈發凸現。本書論述了中西文化精神形成之外緣，中國文化與宗教之起源，中國哲學與學術文化精神之開拓和延續，中國先哲之自然宇宙觀、人生觀，及人生道德理想論，中西文化之融攝問題等多個論題。全書體大思精，內容豐富。作者對中國文化的深情呵護情真意切，對中國文化之展望亦令人振奮。

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An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better

Joe Y.F. Lau
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This book is about the basic principles that underlie critical thinking and creativity. The majority of the content is on critical thinking since more topics are naturally involved and since they can be discussed readily and systematically. The last few chapters are devoted to creativity and research methodology, not typical the book’s plethora of competition. Each chapter introduces a specific topic, usually by introducing the relevant theories in conjunction with realistic examples that show how the theories can be applied. Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises whose solutions are detailed at the rear of the book. While the writing style is purposefully informal, the presentation is complete, at least with respect to the intended introductory level.

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創造力 (Breakthrough Creativity)

琳內．萊韋斯克 (Lynne C. Levesque)
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《創造力》是美國著名創造力研究專家琳內•萊韋斯克的代表作，被譽為“21世紀最具啟發意義的書”、“改變個人和企業命運的書”。琳內•萊韋斯克在書中探討了創造力的內涵、現實意義和創造型人才的分類，並針對8種不同創造類型的人突破思維定式、提升創造力，提供了有效的方案和途徑。同時也為企業和組織更好地利用各類創造型人才革新現狀、突破困境、應對危機和挑戰，提供了積極的參考和指導。無論是普通讀者，還是領導者、管理者、決策者和執行者都能從《創造力》中受益匪淺。

在優勝劣汰、競爭空前激烈的現代社會，創造力是制約個人、企業、社會生存和發展諸多因素中的核心因素，是促進組織或個人成功的最有效的工具。

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This Is Your Brain on Music : The Science of a Human Obsession

Daniel J. Levitin
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Music, Science, and the Brain are more closely related than you think. Daniel J. Levitin, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Music at McGill University, shows you why this is.

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (The World in Six Songs) explores the connection between music, its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it, and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals:

• How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world

• Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre

• That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise

• How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. A Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist, This Is Your Brain on Music will attract readers of Oliver Sacks, as it is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.

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天體的音樂 : 音樂, 科學和宇宙自然秩序 (The Music of the Spheres )

詹姆斯 (Jamie James) 著
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《天體的音樂》是一部華美的哲學著作。它具有哲學性，給我們展示了一個我們從未想到的那麼美好的世界--音樂構成的世界。

宇宙是一個龐大的交響樂隊，天體構成音樂的音符。如果可能，你可以為自己畫一個世界，在這個世界中，每一個事物都有意義。一個寧靜的秩序主宰著你周圍的世界，而你頭上的天穹在崇高的和諧中迴旋。你可以看到、聽到和知道的一切都是終極真理的一個方面：一個幾何法則的高貴的簡捷、天體運動的預言的可能、一個結構極其均衡的賦格曲的和諧的美麗--所有這一切都是宇宙最為盡善盡美的表現。

《天體的音樂》又是一部追根探源的歷史著作。從古希臘畢達哥拉斯談起，經中世紀而到文藝復興，直到近現代。使用的是音樂的素材，敘述的是人間的音樂，闡釋的卻是天上的道理--音樂構成的世界。在這部書中將古今勾連在一塊兒的一個關鍵概念是“和諧”，它是音樂的生命，也是世界的生命。

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LANGGAARD: Music of the Spheres / 4 Tone Pictures