EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: KEY READINGS
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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: KEY READINGS (ebook)

OLIVER LEAMAN

$1,100.00
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Editorial:
ROUTLEDGE
ISBN:
9781134689187
Páginas:
328
Formato:
Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
DRM
Si

Through key readings from primary and secondary sources this book communicates at first hand the principal features of a remarkable range of Eastern thought - from Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism to Islam, Shinto, and Zoroastrianism. Passages from key texts guide the reader through over ninety major terms, from abhidharma to Zen.Material is drawn not only from such cornerstone texts as the Bhagavad-gita and the Lao-tzu, but also from modern writings on Eastern philosophy and religion.

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