A Companion to World Philosophies
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish date: 01/01/1991
Description:
Written by an international assembly of leading philosophers, this volume offers a rich and sophisticated introduction to the major non-Western philosophical traditions -- particularly Chinese, Indian, Buddhist and Islamic philosophies. African and Polynesian thinking are also covered by way of historical and contemporary survey articles.
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The book is organized around the central topics of reality and divinity, of causality, of truth, of the nature of rationality, of selfhood, of humankind and nature, of the good, of aesthetic values, and of social and political ideals. Outstanding scholars articulate the distinctive ways in which these specific problems have been formulated and addressed in the non-Western traditions against the background of their varied historical and cultural presuppositions.
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