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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788477205296Author Djalal Un Din RumiFormat PaperbackImprint ObeliscoPublisher Obelisco

Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mahayana Buddhist needs to take to reach...

Key areas and aspects of ancient philosophy in Greek and Indian Buddhist traditions are illuminated in this collection.Covering an extended period of time, from early (5th century BC), through Hellenism, to post-Hellenistic times (up to the 7th century...

Michael Nylan and Thomas Hahn open up new vistas for thinking ecologically in this introduction to ancient and modern thought in China. Together they explore the environment in the Chinese philosophical tradition and contemporary China through the lens...

Michael Nylan and Thomas Hahn open up new vistas for thinking ecologically in this introduction to ancient and modern thought in China. Together they explore the environment in the Chinese philosophical tradition and contemporary China through the lens...

Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely recognized as a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy and seen by many as one of the most important and creative Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century. His ultimate concern throughout...

While many people today might turn to ancient Sanskrit philosophers for meditation or yoga, probably few would turn to them for help with difficult contemporary problems, such as what counts as "fake news" or navigating Internet debates. Philosopher...

Bringing together a number of case studies, this book shows how from early on Chinese philosophical discourses unfolded through innovation and the subversion of dominant forms of thinking. Narrowing in on the commonplace Chinese motto that "the three...

This book offers an in-depth introduction to the philosophy and practice of Zen Buddhism. Bret Davis explores the philosophical implications of Zen teachings and koans, comparing and contrasting these with other Asian as well as Western religions and...

The book, the third volume to emerge from the enterprise known as 'The Backwaters Collective on Metaphysics and Politics', attempts to further the collective's ambition to put into question the certitudes of conventional social science discourse,...

The Concept of Man in Contemporary China claims that the most striking political theories and policies of the contemporary period rest on distinctly Chinese theories of mind. Many of these theories contrast dramatically with long-held Western beliefs,...

Contrasts classical Greek ontology ("the science of being in itself") with Confucian "zoetology" ("the art of living").In Living Chinese Philosophy, Roger T. Ames uses comparative cultural hermeneutics as a method for contrasting classical Greek ontology...

Script and writing were among the most important inventions in human history, and until the invention of printing, the handwritten book was the primary medium of literary and cultural transmission. Although the study of manuscripts is already quite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887276382Author Marie-Louise FriquegnonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Cool Grove Publishing Inc NYPublisher Cool Grove Publishing Inc...

Deepens our understanding of this contemporary Chinese thinker's philosophy and its significance.Li Zehou (1930-2021) was one of China's most prominent contemporary philosophers, transforming Confucian philosophy into a resource for positive change. From...

Humanity takes up space. Human beings, like many other species, also transform spaces. What is perhaps uniquely human is the disposition to qualitatively transform spaces into places that are charged with distinctive kinds of intergenerational...

One of the undisputed giants in the history of human thought, and the founder of one of the world's longest-lasting cultural traditions, Confucius (known as Kong Fuzi in his native China) is arguably the most enduring of all the world's great thinkers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417963309Author Michael WylanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Reverte Management InternationalPublisher Reverte Management International

One of China's most prominent contemporary philosophers reads and comments on one of the central texts in the Chinese philosophical tradition.In this book, one of contemporary China's most prominent philosophers, Li Zehou, explores one of the central...

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language presents a systematic survey of philosophy of language in the Indian tradition, providing an up-to-date research resource for better understanding the history and future direction of the...

Munro was more than an intellectual mentor. He has been an unfailing source of wisdom, inspiration, and support.Over five decades, Donald J. Munro has been one of the most important voices in sinological philosophy. His rapprochement with contemporary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937114473Author Geshe Michael RoachFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Diamond Cutter PressPublisher Diamond Cutter PressWeight(grams)...

This book provides an analysis of the complex philosophy of Liang Shuming. This twentieth-century thinker opened up a number of paths that were to become central components of modern Chinese philosophy. For the first time, experts are brought together to...

Michael Slote is one of the most prominent philosophers working in the discipline today. By creating a two-way dialogue between philosophers specializing in Chinese philosophy and a central thinker from the Anglo-American tradition, this volume brings...

Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration...

Engaging in existential discourse beyond the European tradition, this book turns to Asian philosophies to reassess vital questions of life's purpose, death's imminence, and our capacity for living meaningfully in conditions of uncertainty.Inspired by the...

Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration...

Human beings have always been concerned with fundamental questions about their selves, including the deeply personal nature of human experience, the persistence of the self over time, the relation between mind and body, and the interdependence between...

Fazang (643-712), third patriarch of the Huayan tradition of Buddhism, was one of the most celebrated and influential thinkers in the history of Chinese Buddhist philosophy. Much of his renown derives from his efforts to articulate a vision of reality as...

We all need a little more sanuk in our lives Sanuk is a Thai concept that can loosely be translated as meaning 'fun'. Though sanuk is in fact much more than that; it's about achieving pleasure and joy in all aspects...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666959536Author Matthew C KrugerFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicPublisher Lexington Books

This book questions whether the ancient, iconic Chinese book of divination, The Classic of Changes (Yijing) might help us navigate the precarious, complex, and seemingly unpredictable intricacies of present contemporary times. The essays contained in...

This book is a timely contribution to the growing field of the philosophy of the family. Drawing on a lifetime of research in Western and Chinese philosophy, Zhang Xianglong adopts a comparative perspective to navigate between Greek philosophy,...

Under the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE), a self-described recluse wrote a series of essays denouncing the evils of his time. Assailing corruption, misrule, and neglect of the common people, Wang Fu's Essays of a Recluse (Qianfulun) offers a rare...

This book approaches humanism in the new era in China by discussing the nature of value philosophy and by analyzing in depth the significance of value research for China's modernization and future development. The author expounds his own point of view...

Under the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE), a self-described recluse wrote a series of essays denouncing the evils of his time. Assailing corruption, misrule, and neglect of the common people, Wang Fu's Essays of a Recluse (Qianfulun) offers a rare...

The work sketches the main outlines of Indian naturalism as it appears in both systematic and unsystematic speculation before its decline in the Indian Middle Ages, which began around the time of Muhammed.Book InformationISBN 9780313236228Format...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006378461Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987778215Author Todd LorentzFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vedanta PublishingPublisher Vedanta PublishingWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987778222Author Todd LorentzFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vedanta PublishingPublisher Vedanta PublishingWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...