World philosophies / Ninian Smart.

By: Smart, Ninian, 1927-2001Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999Description: vii, 454 p. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415184665Subject(s): Religion -- Philosophy | Philosophy and religion | Philosophy | Religions | Filosofie | Philosophy -- History | ReligionsGenre/Form: History. DDC classification: 109 LOC classification: B72 | .S64 1999Other classification: 08.00 Online resources: Publisher description | Publisher description
Contents:
1. The History of the World and our Philosophical Inheritance -- 2. South Asian Philosophies -- 3. Chinese Philosophies -- 4. Korean Philosophies -- 5. Japanese Philosophies -- 6. Philosophies of Greece, Rome and the Near East -- 7. Islamic Philosophies -- 8. Jewish Philosophies -- 9. Europe -- 10. North America -- 11. Latin America -- 12. Modern Islam -- 13. Modern South and South-East Asia -- 14. China, Korea and Japan in Modern Times -- 15. African Philosophies -- 16. Concluding Reflections.
Summary: World Philosophies is a comprehensive survey of the world's philosophical and religious traditions by one of our foremost religious thinkers. Ninian Smart discusses notable figures such as Plato and Kierkegaard in the West, the Buddha and Mao Zedong in Asia, Tempels and Knibanga in Africa, and Rodo and Royce in America. Covering a wide range of topics including Indian ideas of testimony and evidence, Chinese notions of moral development, Buddhist concepts of cosmology and Latin American critiques of materialism, Smart sheds new light on the astonishing diversity of philosophies that have developed throughout history.
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First published in paperback 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-438) and index.

1. The History of the World and our Philosophical Inheritance -- 2. South Asian Philosophies -- 3. Chinese Philosophies -- 4. Korean Philosophies -- 5. Japanese Philosophies -- 6. Philosophies of Greece, Rome and the Near East -- 7. Islamic Philosophies -- 8. Jewish Philosophies -- 9. Europe -- 10. North America -- 11. Latin America -- 12. Modern Islam -- 13. Modern South and South-East Asia -- 14. China, Korea and Japan in Modern Times -- 15. African Philosophies -- 16. Concluding Reflections.

World Philosophies is a comprehensive survey of the world's philosophical and religious traditions by one of our foremost religious thinkers. Ninian Smart discusses notable figures such as Plato and Kierkegaard in the West, the Buddha and Mao Zedong in Asia, Tempels and Knibanga in Africa, and Rodo and Royce in America. Covering a wide range of topics including Indian ideas of testimony and evidence, Chinese notions of moral development, Buddhist concepts of cosmology and Latin American critiques of materialism, Smart sheds new light on the astonishing diversity of philosophies that have developed throughout history.

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