The theory of the five Elements (i.e. water, fire, earth, wood and metal) as a deep understanding of natural law and of human cultivation through interac- tion with nature is deeply woven into the fabric of Chinese culture including traditional medicine and the Chinese zodiac.
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The Symbolic Force of Rocks in the Chinese Imagination
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Somaesthetics and Democracy: Dewey and
Contemporary Body Art
Martin Jay
Perhaps no twentieth-century philosopher was as favorably inclined towards the role of aesthetic experience in building a democratic culture as was John Dewey, the preeminent public intellectual in America during the first half of the twentieth century.
