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This is the first comprehensive and systematic evaluation of reincarnation and Karma in any language. Renowned philosopher Paul Edwards exposes the many flaws in the arguments supporting the belief in reincarnation and the so-called Law of Karma. He also...

This is the first comprehensive and systematic evaluation of reincarnation and Karma in any language. Renowned philosopher Paul Edwards exposes the many flaws in the arguments supporting the belief in reincarnation and the so-called Law of Karma. He also...

Times of prolonged conflict spur great minds to seek a lasting peace. Thus was the case of Warring States China, which saw the rise of the Hundred Schools of Thought, including the Doadejing and the Han Feizi, and Renaissance Italy, which produced...

Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave brings philosophers from two of the world's great philosophical traditions--Platonic and Indian Buddhist--into joint inquiry on topics in metaphysics, epistemology, mind, language, and ethics. An international team...

The Classic of Way and her power: a Miscellany? is a study of the profound and influential philosophical writing from early China, traditionally attributed to Lao-zi, the first Daoist thinker. This study provides a translation of the work, but...

Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Russia and Japan: A Comparative Philosophical Study examines the parallels between Russian and Japanese philosophies and religions by revealing a common concept of space in Russian and Japanese aesthetics and political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554810352Author M. Ram MurtyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143037521Author Sun-tzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 79gDimensions(mm) 180mm * 110mm * 8mm

First published in 1952, The Eastern Philosophers provides a straightforward account of the life and work of the great thinkers of the East and attempts to show, in terms intelligible to the ordinary reader, with what remarkable insistence the greatest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994104496Author John M DentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint DFTPublisher DFTWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 8mm

First published in 1938, Indian Realism is a reconstruction of the Yogacara Vijnanavada (Subjective Idealism) and an exhaustive criticism of it by the different schools of Indian realism. The exposition of the doctrine is based on the works of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388369695Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Fingerprint! PublishingPublisher Prakash Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788472451964Author Ch�gyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120820470Author C. R. SwaminathanFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Motilal Banarsidass PublicationsPublisher Motilal Banarsidass Publications

The Ikhwan al-Safa' (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892542123Author Devadatta KaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Ibis PressPublisher Ibis Press

This book explores Neo-Confucianism and its relationship to politics by examining the life and work of the two iconic figures of the Joseon dynasty Yi Hwang (1501-1570, Toegye) and Yi I (1536-1584, Yulgok). Neo-Confucianism became state orthodoxy in...

This unique volume of original essays presents in-depth analyses of representative periods, problems, and debates within the long and rich history of Korean philosophy. It provides the reader with a sense of the problems that motivated thinkers within...

Henrique Schneider argues that understanding the three Early Confucian thinkers-Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi-as virtue-ethicists, political philosophers, or social conservatives proves too narrow. Championing a broader and more philosophical reading,...

For over two thousand years, Confucianism has built up sophisticated approaches exploring social, political, and environmental harmony. As a valuable cultural resource and one of the main drivers of societal norms across much of East Asia, Confucian...

The Kybalion has long fascinated readers with its exploration of hermetic wisdom. Credited to the mysterious Three Initiates, The Kybalion is an esoteric classic that has remained popular since its initial publication in 1908 and continues to sell...

This volume of the classic series is devoted to the claims, arguments, and perspectives of the New Atheists. The volume collects original work on these topics of leading thinkers in the philosophy of religion, epistemology, and metaphysics, and...

The third in a series, this volume is a reference book of summaries of the main works in the Advaita tradition during the primary phase of its development in the sixth and seventh centuries A.D., up to and including the works of Samkara and his pupils. ...

A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy-the Analects of Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Sunzi, Xunzi, and Han FeiziThis book provides an unmatched introduction to eight of the most...

In 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in Hubei province (east central China). Written on strips of bamboo that have miraculously survived intact since 300 B.C., the "Guodian Laozi," is by far the earliest version of the Tao Te...

In The Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss, Laurence Lampert takes on the crucial task of separating what is truly important in the work of Leo Strauss from the ephemeral politics associated with his school. Lampert focuses on exotericism - the use of...

This volume offers a rich and accessible introduction to contemporary research on Buddhist ethical thought for interested students and scholars, yet also offers chapters taking up more technical philosophical and textual topics. A Mirror is For...

Japanese Environmental Philosophy is an anthology that responds to the environmental problems of the 21st century by drawing from Japanese philosophical traditions to investigate our relationships with other humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment...

Families of Virtue articulates the critical role of the parent-child relationship in the moral development of infants and children. Building on thinkers and scientists across time and disciplines, from ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940985346Author Sri AurobindoFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint Lotus PressPublisher Lotus Press

The complementary systems of Nyaya and Vaisesika constitute one of the oldest and most important traditions within Indian philosophy. This volume offers a systematic and detailed exposition of the two schools from their beginning to the time of Gangesa...

That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict...

In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to...

This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700137924Author Karin PreisendanzFormat PaperbackPage Count 732Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788477209607Author Inazo NitobeFormat PaperbackImprint ObeliscoPublisher ObeliscoWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 136mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788472456228Author Alain DanielouFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Learning to Emulate the Wise is the first book of a three-volume series that constructs a historically informed, multidisciplinary framework to examine how traditional Chinese knowledge systems and grammars of knowledge construction interacted with...

This book publishes, for the first time in decades, and in many cases, for the first time in a readily accessible edition, English language philosophical literature written in India during the period of British rule. Bhushan's and Garfield's own essays...

This volume contains nine chapters of translation, by a range of leading scholars, focusing on core themes in the philosophy of Zhu Xi (1130-1200), one of the most influential Chinese thinkers of the later Confucian tradition. It includes an Introduction...