Marcel Conche
Encyclopedia
Marcel Conche is a French
philosopher
.
A recent publication (2003), the Tao Te Ching
translation and comments in French, follows the format of previous works, such as Héraclite - Fragments (fragments of Heraclitus
):
In this book he draws an interesting parallel between the nearly contemporaries Lao Zi (see Tao Te Ching
) and Heraclitus
: the river of the Greek is compared to the Dao
of the Chinese.
In some cases (such as the Heraclitus
) the text (as handed down by tradition, copyists, historians or other authors quoting the now unavailable original text) is reordered to follow a more logical order, from the simplest of principles to the most advanced.
He has written about 22 other books (as of 2004).
France
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philosopher
Philosophy
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.
A recent publication (2003), the Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching, Dao De Jing, or Daodejing , also simply referred to as the Laozi, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text...
translation and comments in French, follows the format of previous works, such as Héraclite - Fragments (fragments of Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom...
):
- French translation of the original text
- Commentary in the immediately ensuing chapter
In this book he draws an interesting parallel between the nearly contemporaries Lao Zi (see Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching, Dao De Jing, or Daodejing , also simply referred to as the Laozi, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text...
) and Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom...
: the river of the Greek is compared to the Dao
DAO
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of the Chinese.
In some cases (such as the Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom...
) the text (as handed down by tradition, copyists, historians or other authors quoting the now unavailable original text) is reordered to follow a more logical order, from the simplest of principles to the most advanced.
He has written about 22 other books (as of 2004).
External links
- http://www.grep-mp.org/BioBiblio/conche.htm