Eastern Philosophy

The Greatest Thinkers and Sages from Ancient to Modern Times

Kevin Burns (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2019
ARCTURUS (Verlag)
978-1-78950-387-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This brilliant book breaks down the obstacles to understanding the great ideas of some of history's most influential Eastern thinkers.

Autor

Kevin Burns was educated in Ireland and York and studied Art before reading English at Oxford. He is particularly interested in Advaita Vedanta, Sanskrit and the history of ideas.

Inhalt

PART I: INDIA
Indian Philosophy: Introduction
The Principle Upanishads: Various authors
Charvaka
Vardhamana
Buddhism in India
The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
The Six Orthodox Systems of Indian Philosophy
Gautama
What is a Sutra?
Kanada
Kapila
Patanjali
Jaimini
Badarayana
The Three Gunas
Th Bhagavad Gita
Nagarjuna
Vasubandhu
Gaudapada
Shankara
Ramanuja
Madhva
Vivekananda
Mohandas Gandhi

PART II: THE MIDDLE EAST
ZOROASTRIANISM AND ISLAM
Islamic Philosophy: Introduction
Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
Rabi'ah al' Adawiyah
Al-Kindi
Al-Hallaj
Some Sayings Attributed to Al-Hallaj
Al-Farabi
Al-Ash'ari
Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Al-Ghazali
Acerroês (Ibn Rushd)
Rumi
Ibn Khaldun

PART III: THE FAR EAST
CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN
Chinese Philosophy: Introduction
Confucius (Kongfuzi, K'ung Fu-Tzu)
The Rectification of Names
Mozi (Mo Tzu)
Laozi (Lao Tzu)
Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
Mencius (Mengzi, Menge K'e)
Xunzi (Hsun Tzu)
Hanfeizi (Han Fei Tzu)
Huineng
Fazang (Fa Tsang)
Zhang Zai
Zhuxi (Chu Hsi)
Wang Yangming
Dai Zhen (Tai Chen)
Desire
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)
Korean Philosophy
Japanese Philosophy
Honen
Shinran
Eisai
Dogen
Nichiren
Nishida Kitaro

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.07.2019
• Zusatzinfo: Paperback
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 153 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• ISBN-10: 1-78950-387-6 / 1789503876
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78950-387-6 / 9781789503876
• Zustand: Neuware