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Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy byISBN: 0415939135Publication Date: 2002-12-30Featuring contributions from the world's most highly esteemed Asian philosophy scholars, this important new encyclopedia covers the complex and increasingly influential field of Chinese thought, from earliest recorded times to the present day.
PL 253: Skepticism East and West
Left to Right:(1) Nagarjuna and Aryadeva as Two Great Indian Buddhist Scholastics; (2) A painting of Confucius presenting a young Buddha to Laozi; (3) Sextus Empiricus
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Books in the CBB Catalogue
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Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi byISBN: 0791428923Publication Date: 1996-04-11The Chinese philosophical text Zhuangzi was written by Zhuangzi in the fourth century BCE. With humor and relentless logic Zhuangzi attacks claims to knowledge about the world, especially evaluative knowledge of what is good and bad or right and wrong. This book is about the man and the text.
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Nagarjuna in Context byISBN: 023113164XPublication Date: 2005-05-11Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.
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The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies byISBN: 1581152035Publication Date: 2001-11-01Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today's Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought, Western and Eastern philosophies. Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient Near East. This groundbreaking book will stir debate among philosophers, art historians, and students.