But Not Philosophy: Seven Introductions to Non-Western Thought

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Lexington Books, 2002 - 397 Seiten
George Anastaplo has written brilliantly and persuasively about ancient and modern Western political philosophy and literature and about American Constitutional history and law. With his latest book Anastaplo turns away from his areas of admitted expertise to offer, in his own words, "the explorations of a determined amateur with some practice in reading." The essays contained in this volume were originally conceived as a set of seminars, each culminating in a public lecture, which in turn formed the basis for contributions to Encyclopedia Brittanica's 1961-1998 series The Great Ideas Today. Gathered in this one volume, But Not Philosophy provides useful and thought-provoking introductions to seven major "schools" of non-Western thought: Mesopotamian, ancient African, Hindu, Confucian, Buddhist, Islamic, and North American Indian. Anastaplo studies ancient literary epics and legal codes and examines religious traditions and systems of thought, providing detailed references to authoritative histories and commentators. Movingly and thoughtfully written, the essays encourage readers to bring their own Western traditions under similar scrutiny, to study our own grasp of the divine, reliance upon nature and causality, and dependence on philosophy-to learn about what we are from what we are not.

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Mesopotamian Thought The Gilgamesh Epic
1
Ancient African Including Egyptian Thought
31
Hindu Thought The Bhagavad Gitā
67
Confucian Thought The Analects
99
Buddhist Thought
147
Islamic Thought The Koran
175
North American Indian Thought
225
On Beginnings
261
On the Human Soul Nature and the Moral Virtues
303
On the Use Neglect and Abuse of Veils The Parliaments of the Worlds Religions
345
Index
375
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George Anastaplo, author of numerous books, teaches at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and Dominican University.

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