But Not Philosophy: Seven Introductions to Non-Western ThoughtLexington 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 |
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