A Comparison of Buddhist and Western Philosophy - Softcover

Amaratunga, N.A.

 
9789348128249: A Comparison of Buddhist and Western Philosophy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9348128248 ISBN 13: 9789348128249
Verlag: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The book briefly discusses the origin and evolution of philosophy in the West and the East and attempts to compare the major philosophical concepts of the West with that of Buddhism. In this endevour the book takes a brief look at the background and main views of the major philosophers of the West beginning from pre-Socretic to the modern era. Then it discusses the development of philosophy in ancient India. A comparison of theistic and atheistic views on major philosophical subjects such as epistemology, reality, morals etc, is undertaken with emphasis on the different ideas of individual philosophers. How the different views of the Western philosophers may have been influenced by Eastern philosophy in general and Buddhism in particular is brought into focus.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Professor N.A.de S. Amaratunga is an Emeritus Professor in the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He held the post of Senior Chair Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Faculty of Dental Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

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Verlag
Motilal Banarsidass Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9348128248
ISBN 13 
9789348128249
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
330
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