Fifty Eastern Thinkers

Fifty Eastern Thinkers
Author: Diane Collinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2013-04-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134631502

Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from all the major Eastern philosophical traditions from the earliest times to the present day. The philosophers covered range from founder figures such as Zoroaster and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama. Introductions to major traditions and a glossary of key philosophical terms make this a comprehensive and accessible reference resource.

Friedrich Max Müller and the Sacred Books of the East

Friedrich Max Müller and the Sacred Books of the East
Author: Arie L. Molendijk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198784236

A study of The Sacred Books of the East, a fifty-volume series of translations of Asian religious writings edited by the German-born philologist and scholar of religions, Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900), and published by Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910.

Ramanuja and Schleiermacher

Ramanuja and Schleiermacher
Author: Jon Paul Sydnor
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0227900359

Can the comparison of two theologians vastly separated in space and time help contemporary theologians to think better? This book compares two preeminent theologians, Sri Ramanuja of the Hindu tradition and Friedrich Schleiermacher of the Christian tradition. Each argues that God sustains the universe at every moment of its existence, but they work out the divine sustenance in very different ways.

Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism

Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism
Author:
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1990-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0226618471

"A wider range than usual of Sanskrit texts: not only interesting Vedic, epic, and mythological texts but also a good sampling of ritual and ethical texts. . . . There are also extracts from texts usually neglected, such as medical treatises, works on practical politics, and guides to love and marriage. . . . Readings from the vernacular Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil traditions [serve to] enrich the collection and demonstrate how Hinduism flourished not just in Sanskrit but also in its many mother tongues."—Francis X. Clooney, Journal of Asian Studies

Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers

Thirty-Five Oriental Philosophers
Author: Diané Collinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134973594

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.