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Carregando... Fifty Eastern Thinkersde Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson
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Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a comprehensive and accessible reference resource. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Some are fairly obvious – Zoroaster, Muhammad, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), The Buddha, Gandhi, Confucius, Mencius, Lao Tzu, and interestingly Mao Zedong – though I'm personally also familiar with Patanjali of the Yoga Sutras, though I haven't yet read them. Others are completely new to me.
Each individual is given about eight to ten pages, which include five to maybe seven or eight pages of text accompanied by an additional couple pages of notes, and each "region" is given a short introduction. There's also a good deal of repetition in text entries from one individual to the next, but that's actually good because (1) it reinforces certain common themes and (2) it allows you to read up on just one or two individuals if you're using this book as a "dictionary" rather than as a "straight through" read like I did.
This is part of a series of Routledge Key Guides; and if the others are as good as this, they could be worth looking into depending on any particular topic that draws your interest. Fifty Eastern Thinkers is written at a fairly introductory level, but it's far from condescending; and I assume the other series entries are likewise. ( )