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Reevaluating the method of scientific investigation, James A. Bell provides a bold philosophical framework for developing and assessing archaeologists' theories of the past. More informed and judicious decisions, the author asserts, are made when...

"Chinese philosophy before our Christian era is emphasized in this nontechnical summary of Chinese thought. Professor Creel also deals with Confucianism, the ideas of Mo-tsu and Mencius, Taoism, Legalism, and their variations and adaptations. As an...

This book explores frontier issues concerning the localization of Marxism in China by examining historical processes, cultural implications, and contemporary perspectives on this process of indigenization.Emerging in the 1840s in Germany, Marxism has...

As the final work by Ye Xiushan, one of the most famous philosophers and philosophy scholars in China, this two-volume title scrutinizes the historical development of both Chinese and Western philosophies, aiming to explore the convergence between the...

The 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 their monumental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578631469Author Ajahan Sumano BhikkuFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

This text provides a series of closely related essays on the philosophical and theological work of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuael Levinas, two of the 20th century's most important Jewish philosophers. Focusing on the concept of transcendence, Richard...

Magnanimity is a virtue that has led many lives. Foregrounded early on by Plato as a philosophical virtue par excellence, it became one of the crown jewels in Aristotle's account of human excellence and was accorded equally salient place by other ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788441440029Author Eva WongFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Edaf AntillasPublisher Edaf AntillasWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 130mm * 20mm

Advaita Vedanta is one of the best-known schools of Indian philosophy, but much of its history--a history closely interwoven with that of medieval and modern Hinduism--remains surprisingly unexplored. This book focuses on a single remarkable work and its...

This anthology promotes a new vision: American Philosophy as complex and constantly changing, enlivened by historically marginalized, yet never silent, voices.About the AuthorLeonard Harris is Professor of Philosophy Professor at Purdue University. of...

This text provides a series of closely related essays on the philosophical and theological work of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas, two of the 20th century's most important Jewish philosophers. Focusing on the concept of transcendence, Richard...

A concise alphabetic guide to the main concepts, figures, topics and important movements of thought that have shaped Chinese philosophy over the last three thousand years. The entries are concisely written, terms are cross-referenced and transcriptions...

Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural differences, common to all peoples of all nations? At this critical point in Communist China's history,...

Syncretistic exegesis.The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish ...

Yang Guorong is one of the most prominent Chinese philosophers working today and is best known for using the full range of Chinese philosophical resources in connection with the thought of Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Heidegger. In The Mutual Cultivation of...

In A Time of Novelty, Samuel Wright re-envisions the relationship between philosophy and history in premodern India. This relationship is studied through the tradition of Sanskrit logic between 1500 and 1700 CE -- the period in Indian history that...

Imagination: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Analyses is a rare intercultural inquiry into the conceptions and functions of the imagination in contemporary philosophy. Divided into East Asian, comparative, and post-comparative approaches, it brings...

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the...

Confucian philosopher Xunzi's moral thought is considered in light of the modern focus on self-realization.Self-Realization through Confucian Learning reconstructs Confucian thinker Xunzi's moral philosophy in response to the modern focus on...

This comprehensive introduction to Chinese aesthetics and literature includes the major modern genres of poetry, fiction, and drama. Featuring the work of renowned scholars in Chinese studies, the book provides an historical survey of Chinese literature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788433016713Author Willigis JagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Desclee de BrouwerPublisher Desclee de BrouwerWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770437633Author Edward SlingerlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Yang Guorong is one of the most prominent Chinese philosophers working today and is best known for using the full range of Chinese philosophical resources in connection with the thought of Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Heidegger. In The Mutual Cultivation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441339850Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Peter Pauper PressPublisher Peter Pauper PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 119mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942299953Author Francois JullienFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648686385Author Traleg KyabgonFormat PaperbackPage Count 177Imprint Shogam PublicationsPublisher Shogam PublicationsWeight(grams) 298g

A complete history of Islamic political thought from early Islam (c.622-661) to the present. This comprehensive overview describes and interprets all schools of Islamic political thought, their origins, inter-connections and meaning. It examines the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784791025Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint ISF PublishingPublisher ISF Publishing

The Brahma-sutra, attributed to Badaraya (ca. 400 CE), is the canonical book of Vedanta, the philosophical tradition which became the doctrinal backbone of modern Hinduism. As an explanation of the Upanishads, it is principally concerned with the ideas...

This book presents a systematic account of the role of the personal spiritual ideal of wu-wei--literally "no doing," but better rendered as "effortless action"--in early Chinese thought. Edward Slingerland's analysis shows that wu-wei represents the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942192Author Daniele BolelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Frog LtdPublisher Frog LtdWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991618248Author Editorial Board of Theosophy TrustFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Theosophy Trust BooksPublisher Theosophy Trust BooksWeight(grams)...

Chris Fraser presents a rich and broad-ranging study of the culminating period of classical Chinese philosophy, the third century BC. He offers novel and informative perspectives on Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism, and other movements in early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380049434Author Swami Dayananda SaraswatiPage Count 381Imprint Swami DayanandaPublisher Swami Dayananda

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907523182Author Three InitiatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Aziloth BooksPublisher Aziloth BooksWeight(grams) 112gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Often translated simply as "logic," the Sanskrit word nyaya means "rule of reasoning" or "method of reasoning." Texts from the school of classical Indian philosophy that bears this name are concerned with cognition, reasoning, and the norms that govern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784790783Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint ISF PublishingPublisher ISF Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737891437Author Pranada ComtoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Chandra MediaPublisher Chandra MediaWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590309933Author Hung Ying-MingFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 228g