A Comparative Study between St. Thomas Aquinas's Concept of Ipsum Esse Subsistens and the Concept of Qi in the Guanzi's Four Daoist Chapters*
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by John Cheng Wai-leung, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D.
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2008





Dedication

Abstract/

Acknowledgements/

Special Acknowledgement/

Abbreviations/

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Contents/

1. Introduction/

2. St. Thomas Aquinas's Concept of Ipsum Esse Subsistens/

3. The Concept of Qi in the Guanzi's Four Daoist Chapters/

4. Refiguratig St. Thomas's Concept of Ipsum Esse Subsistens

5. Refigurating the Concept of Qi in the Guanzi's Four Daoist Chapters

6. Conclusions

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Appendix I

Appendix II

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Appendix V

Bibliography
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*The contents of this 2008 Fu Jen Catholic Ph.D. thesis of the Fu Jen Department of Religious Studies supervised by Prof. Vincent Shen (1949-2018) was proofread graciously by Rev. Fr. Leo Reilly, C.S.B., Ph.D., on the Feast of Our Heavenly Mother, Help of Christians, on May 22, 2013. The whole thesis is now uploaded to the academia.edu site on May 27, 2020.
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