In Praise of Nothing

About the Book

This is the fi rst work devoted to an expositi on on Daoist metaphysics and presenti ng Dao as a feminine principle. The work should be of interest to scholars and general readers in many disciplines: Comparati ve philosophy, religious studies, metaphysics, Asian studies, Chinese studies... etc.

About the Author

Ellen M Chen received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Fordham University. She taught philosophy at St. John’s University, reti ring in 1996. She is the author of Tao Te Ching, A New Translati on with Commentary, Paragon House, 1989 (available at Amazon.com). This volume In Praise of Nothing, An explorati on of Daoist Fundamental Ontology will be followed by a volume on Daoist Cosmology, with the central theme: on the harmony of opposites.