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Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers

Robert Wilkinson author Diané Collinson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:11th Nov '11

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These are questions to which oriental thinkers have given a wide range of philosophical answers that are intellectually and imaginatively stimulating.

Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers is a succinctly informative introduction to the thought of thirty-five important figures in the Chinese, Indian, Arab, Japanese and Tibetan philosophical traditions. Thinkers covered include founders such as Zoroaster, Confucius, Buddha and Muhammed, as well as influential modern figures such as Gandhi, Mao Tse-Tung, Suzuki and Nishida.

The book is divided into sections, in which an introduction to the tradition it covers precedes the essays on its individual philosophers. Notes, further reading lists, and cross-references provide the student with a clear route to further study. There is a glossary of key terms at the end of the book.

'This compendious review of the establishment and development of orient philosophy provides the reader with an admirably lucid survey of a complex body thought. ... a masterly survey and introductinon.' - African Studies

ISBN: 9780415513180

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

212 pages