Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient ChinaA history of Chinese philosophy in the so called Axial Period (the period of classical Greek and Indian philosophy), during which time China evolved the characteristic ways of thought that sustained both its empire and its culture for over 2000 years. It is comprehensive, lucid, almost simple in its presentation, yet backed up with incomparable authority amid a well honed discretion that unerringly picks out the core of any theme. Garlanded with