Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers

These are questions to which oriental thinkers have given a wide range of philosophical answers that are intellectually and imaginatively stimulating. Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers is a succinctly informative introduction to the thought of thirty-five important figures in the Chinese Indian Arab Japanese and Tibetan philosophical traditions. Thinkers covered include founders such as Zoroaster Confucius Buddha and Muhammed as well as influential modern figures such as Gandhi Mao Tse-Tung Suzuki and Nishida. The book is divided into sections in which an introduction to the tradition it covers precedes the essays on its individual philosophers. Notes further reading lists and cross-references provide the student with a clear route to further study. There is a glossary of key terms at the end of the book. . Language: English