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- From: kim_nl@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Nina L Kim)
- Subject: Re: Yong Oak Kim, and Ki Philosophy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.231109.3641@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <1992Nov22.233516.9601@news.columbia.edu> <1992Nov23.155624.24531@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <1992Nov23.205828.7085@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:11:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.205828.7085@news.columbia.edu> gk31@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gag-Lae Kim) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov23.155624.24531@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> kim_nl@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Nina L Kim) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov22.233516.9601@news.columbia.edu> gk31@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gag-Lae Kim) writes:
- >>> Ki chul-hahk (or philosophy of ch'i for following chinese
- >>>pronunciation) is pretty well known phrase among Koreans who are
- >>>intersted in such, yet many are asking "what is it really?" I am one
- >>>of them, and I have very vague idea, or only a remote portion of this
- >>>philosophy. I'll shortly and simply state what I think it is.
- >>
- >>
- >> I just have one thing to point out. When philosopher Kim Yong Oak
- >>uses the term, "Ki Chu-hahk", he is not referring to ki-philosophy
- >>which is widely used term. He is referring to his own unique
- >
- > When you say "widely used term," do you mean that Ki
- >philosophy can be refer to something other than Kim Yong Oak's
- >invention?
- >
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- Yes, the term 'Ki' is a general one that is widely used in eastern
- philosophy (and nowadays in western culture, specially in New Age "philo-
- sophy"). That's why Philosopher Kim Yong Oak clarified several
- times to avoid the misunderstanding. You should be aware of such
- implication when you pose a question of what is Ki chul-hahk.
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- Nina Kim
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