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The Art of War - Two Perspectives (Hardcover): Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli The Art of War - Two Perspectives (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sun-Tzu's Art of War is Perhaps the most important book ever written about warfare. It can be used and adapted in every facet of your life. This book explains when and how to go to war, as well as when not to. The wisdom of the ages is distilled here, and no one has ever written a book about war that has become more important or replaced or topped the knowledge in this book. Niccolo Machiavelli considered his Art of War to be his greatest achievement. Here you will learn how to recruit, train, motivate, and discipline an army. You will learn the difference between strategy and tactics. Machiavelli does a masterful job of breaking down and analyzing historic battles. These two books of military knowledge belong side by side on every book shelf, and now you can have them in one volume as East meets West.

The Art of War (Hardcover, Deluxe ed.): Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles The Art of War (Hardcover, Deluxe ed.)
Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict. Lionel Giles' translation is the definitive edition. The Art of War can be used and adapted in every facet of your life. This book explains when and how to go to war, as well as when not to. Learn how to win any conflict whether it be on the battlefield or in the boardroom. This deluxe edition contains two versions of The Art of War. The first has no commentary so that you can immerse yourself directly in Sun Tzu's work. The second version includes Lionel Giles' indispensable commentary.

A Search in Secret India (Hardcover): Paul Brunton A Search in Secret India (Hardcover)
Paul Brunton
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An unabridged edition to include: Wherein I Bow to the Reader - A Prelude to the Quest - A Magician Out of Egypt - I Meet A Messiah - The Anchorite of the Adyar River - The Yoga Which Conquers Death - The Sage Who Never Speaks - With The Spiritual Head of South India - The Hill of the Holy Beacon - Among The Magicians And Holy Men - The Wonder-Worker of Benares - Written in the Stars - The Garden of the Lord - At the Parsee Messiah's Headquarters - A Strange Encounter - In a Jungle Hermitage - Tablets of Forgotten Truth

Witnesses for the Future - Philosophy and Messianism (Hardcover, New): Pierre Bouretz Witnesses for the Future - Philosophy and Messianism (Hardcover, New)
Pierre Bouretz; Translated by Michael B. Smith
R3,276 Discovery Miles 32 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To the horrors of war and genocide in the twentieth century there were witnesses, among them Hermann Cohen, Emmanuel Levinas, Ernst Bloch, Leo Strauss, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem, Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber, and Hans Jonas. All defined themselves as Jews and philosophers. Their intellectual concerns and worldviews often in conflict, they nevertheless engaged in fruitful conversation: through the dialogue between Zionist activism and heterodox forms of Marxism, in the rediscovery of hidden traditions of Jewish history, at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics. They shared a common hope for a better, messianic future and a deep interest in and reliance on the cultural sources of the Jewish tradition.

In this magisterial work, Pierre Bouretz explores the thought of these great Jewish philosophers, taking a long view of the tenuous survival of German-Jewish metaphysical, religious, and social thought during the crises and catastrophes of the twentieth century. With deep passion and sound scholarship, Bouretz demonstrates the universal significance of this struggle in understanding the present human condition. The substantial and established influence of the book's subjects only serves to confirm this theory.

Profoundly learned and amply documented, "Witnesses for the Future" explains how these important philosophers came to understand the promise of a Messiah. Its significant bearing on a number of fields--including religious studies, literary criticism, philosophy of history, political theory, and Jewish studies--encourages scholars to rethink and reassess the intellectual developments of the past 100 years.

George Lukacs and His Critics - An International Bibliography with Annotations (1910-1982) (Hardcover): F. Lapointe George Lukacs and His Critics - An International Bibliography with Annotations (1910-1982) (Hardcover)
F. Lapointe
R2,496 Discovery Miles 24 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although George Lukacs's work has been widely read and reviewed, and has exerted a significant influence on recent international discussions of literature, philosophy, and Marxism, no comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography of the wide range of critical response to his writings has appeared in book form to date. This bibliography contains in Part I books devoted to Lukacs, including all available reviews, and the books are classified by language. Part II lists dissertations and theses, and reproduces the text in Dissertation Abstracts International when available. Part III includes essays and articles devoted to Lukacs, and these also are classified by language. Part IV lists items by proper names. It includes material in which Lukacs is being compared, or contrasted with other major figures in philosophy, literary theory and criticism, aesthetics and Marxism. Late entries are included in the addendum, and author and editor indexes also are included.

The Moon Points Back (Hardcover): K oji Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest The Moon Points Back (Hardcover)
K oji Tanaka, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest
R3,798 Discovery Miles 37 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Moon Points Back comprises essays by both established scholars in Buddhist and Western philosophy and young scholars contributing to cross-cultural philosophy. It continues the program of Pointing at the Moon (Oxford University Press, 2009), integrating the approaches and insights of contemporary logic and analytic philosophy and those of Buddhist Studies to engage with Buddhist ideas in a contemporary voice. This volume demonstrates convincingly that integration of Buddhist philosophy with contemporary analytic philosophy and logic allows for novel understandings of and insights into Buddhist philosophical thought. It also shows how Buddhist philosophers can contribute to debates in contemporary Western philosophy and how contemporary philosophers and logicians can engage with Buddhist material. The essays in the volume focus on the Buddhist notion of emptiness (sunyata), exploring its relationship to core philosophical issues concerning the self, the nature of reality, logic, and epistemology. The volume closes with reflections on methodological issues raised by bringing together traditional Buddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy. This volume will be of interest to anyone interested in Buddhist philosophy or contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. But it will also be of interest to those who wish to learn how to bring together the insights and techniques of different philosophical traditions.

Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (Hardcover): Pankaj Jain, Jeffery D. Long Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (Hardcover)
Pankaj Jain, Jeffery D. Long; Contributions by Karl-Stephan Bouthillette, Al Collins, Carl Olson, …
R2,073 Discovery Miles 20 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Philosophical concepts are influential in the theories and methods to study the world religions. Even though the disciplines of anthropology and religious studies now encompass communities and cultures across the world, the theories and methods used to study world religions and cultures continue to be rooted in Western philosophies. For instance, one of the most widely used textbooks used in introductory courses on religious studies, introduces major theoreticians such as Edward Burnett Tylor, James Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Mircea Eliade, William James, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. Their theories are based on Western philosophy. In contrast, in Indic philosophical systems, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, one of the common views on reality is that the world both within one self and outside is a flow with nothing permanent, both the observer and the observed undergoing constant transformation. This volume is based on such innovative ideas coming from different Indic philosophies and how they can enrich the theory and methods in religious studies.

Tao Te Ching - A New English Version (Paperback): Stephen Mitchell Tao Te Ching - A New English Version (Paperback)
Stephen Mitchell
R394 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R59 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In eighty-one brief chapters, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao&#8212the basic principle of the universe.Stephen Mitchell's bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.

Zhong and Zhongyong in Confucian Classics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Chunqing Li Zhong and Zhongyong in Confucian Classics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Chunqing Li; Translated by Yuan Zhu
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Key Concept pivot explores the trajectory of the semantic generation and evolution of two core concepts of ancient Chinese Confucianism, 'Zhong' (middle) and 'Zhongyong' (golden mean). In the pre-Qin period, Confucius advocated 'middle line' and 'golden mean' as the highest standards for gentlemanly behaviour and culture. In The Doctrine of the Mean the Confucian classic of the late Warring States Period, 'middle' obtained the ontological meaning of 'great fundamental virtues of the world', due to the influence of Taoism and Yinyang School. It became not only the norm of human behaviours, but also the law governing the operation of heaven and earth. Since then, idealist Confucian scholars of the Song and Ming dynasties have developed the meaning of 'middle' from the perspective of the relationships between heaven and man, a fundamental norm of Confucian ethics.

Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions - Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st... Chinese Culture in the 21st Century and its Global Dimensions - Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Kelly Kar Yue Chan, Chi Sum Garfield Lau
R1,631 Discovery Miles 16 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book investigates the internationalization of Chinese culture in recent decades and the global dimensions of Chinese culture from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. It covers a variety of topics concerning the contemporary significance of Chinese culture in its philosophical, literary and artistic manifestations, including literature, film, performing arts, creative media, linguistics, translations and philosophical ideas. The book explores the reception of Chinese culture in different geographic locations and how the global reception of Chinese culture contrasts with the local Chinese community. The chapters collectively cover gender studies and patriarchal domination in Chinese literature in comparison to the world literature, explorations on translation of Chinese culture in the West, Chinese studies as an academic discipline in the West, and Chinese and Hong Kong films and performances in the global context. The book is an excellent resource for both scholars and students interested in the development of Chinese culture on the global stage in the 21st Century.

The Yogini's Eye - Comprehensive Introduction to Buddhist Tantra (Hardcover): Wayne Verrill The Yogini's Eye - Comprehensive Introduction to Buddhist Tantra (Hardcover)
Wayne Verrill
R948 Discovery Miles 9 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Upanishads - Svetasvatara, Prasna, and Mandukya With Gaudapada'a Karika (Hardcover): Swami Nikhilananda The Upanishads - Svetasvatara, Prasna, and Mandukya With Gaudapada'a Karika (Hardcover)
Swami Nikhilananda
R1,318 R1,183 Discovery Miles 11 830 Save R135 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Upanishads are among the source books of the Hindu faith, being the concluding portion of the Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, also the Vedanta. This selection of translations by Swami Nikhilananda contains the Svetasvatara, Prasna and Mandukya Upanishads together with a special contribution to Western understanding of these important books in the form of a noteworthy essay on Hindu Ethics. Translated from the Sanskrit with an Introduction embodying a study of Hindu Ethics, and with Notes and Explantions based on the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya, the great Eighth-Century Philosopher and Saint of India. Contents Include: Svetasvatara Upanishad - Prasna Upanishad - Mandukya Upanishad

Susquehanna - Student Newspaper (Vol. 20; Nos. 1-9); Oct 1909-June 1910 (Hardcover): Susquehanna University Susquehanna - Student Newspaper (Vol. 20; Nos. 1-9); Oct 1909-June 1910 (Hardcover)
Susquehanna University
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover): Andreas Lammer The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover)
Andreas Lammer
R5,024 Discovery Miles 50 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the physical theory of the Islamic philosopher Avicenna (d. 1037). It seeks to understand his contribution against the developments within the preceding Greek and Arabic intellectual milieus, and to appreciate his philosophy as such by emphasising his independence as a critical and systematic thinker. Exploring Avicenna's method of "teaching and learning," it investigates the implications of his account of the natural body as a three-dimensionally extended composite of matter and form, and examines his views on nature as a principle of motion and his analysis of its relation to soul. Moreover, it demonstrates how Avicenna defends the Aristotelian conception of place against the strident criticism of his predecessors, among other things, by disproving the existence of void and space. Finally, it sheds new light on Avicenna's account of the essence and the existence of time. For the first time taking into account the entire range of Avicenna's major writings, this study fills a gap in our understanding both of the history of natural philosophy in general and of the philosophy of Avicenna in particular. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS - De Gruyter Prize (Kulturpreis Bayern) in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World and the Iran World Award for Book of the Year (2020).

Essence of the Supreme Reality - Abhinavagupta's Parama?rthasa?ra (Hardcover): Swami Lakshmanjoo Essence of the Supreme Reality - Abhinavagupta's Paramārthasāra (Hardcover)
Swami Lakshmanjoo; Edited by John Hughes
R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Alfred North Whitehead and Yi Yulgok - Toward a Process-Confucian Spirituality in Korea (Paperback): Chung Soon Lee Alfred North Whitehead and Yi Yulgok - Toward a Process-Confucian Spirituality in Korea (Paperback)
Chung Soon Lee
R1,177 Discovery Miles 11 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the Confucian-Christian dialogue in Korea through a comparative study of the cosmologies of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), the founder of process philosophy, and Yi Yulgok (1536-1584), the great scholar of Korean Neo-Confucianism. Although their philosophical traditions are different, Yulgok and Whitehead's perspectives on the universe were very similar. This study argues that Whitehead's theory of eternal object-actual entity has affinities with Yulgok's theory of principle-material force. Their two theories, both based on reciprocal dialectical interrelationships, view the world as a cosmos characterized by the process of becoming. Accordingly, Whitehead's panentheistic interpretation of the God-world relationship correlates with Yulgok's Neo-Confucian notion of how the Great Ultimate relates to material force. These two concepts suggest a balanced structure of God and the world and offer insights into encouraging interreligious spirituality in Korea.

Organization - The Top 100 Best Ways To Organize Your Life (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Ace... Organization - The Top 100 Best Ways To Organize Your Life (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Ace McCloud
R599 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Anthology of Philosophical and Cultural Issues - An exploration into new frontiers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Yijie Tang Anthology of Philosophical and Cultural Issues - An exploration into new frontiers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Yijie Tang
R2,809 R2,014 Discovery Miles 20 140 Save R795 (28%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book argues that a general understanding of traditional Chinese philosophy can be achieved by a concise elaboration of its truth, goodness and beauty; that goodness and beauty in Chinese philosophy, combined with the integration of man and heaven, knowledge and practice, scenery and feeling, reflect a pursuit of an ideal goal in traditional Chinese philosophy characterized by the thought mode uniting man and nature.This book also discusses the anti-traditionalism of the May Fourth Movement, explaining that the true value of "sagacity theory" in traditional Chinese philosophy, especially in Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties, lies in its insights into universal life. In addition, existing ideas, issues, terminologies, concepts, and logic of Chinese philosophical thought were actually shaped by Western philosophy. It is necessary to be alienated from traditional status for the creation of a viable "Chinese philosophy." "Modern Chinese philosophy" in the 1930s and 1940s was comprised of scholarly work that characteristically continued rather than followed the traditional discourse of Chinese philosophy. That is to say, in the process of studying and adapting Western philosophy, Chinese philosophers transformed Chinese philosophy from traditional to modern.In the end of the book, the author puts forward the idea of a "New Axial Age." He emphasizes that the rejuvenation of Chinese culture we endeavor to pursue has to be deeply rooted in our mainstream culture with universal values incorporating cultures of other nations, especially the cultural essence of the West.

Exploring Atman from the Perspective of the Vivekacudamani (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Walter Menezes Exploring Atman from the Perspective of the Vivekacudamani (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Walter Menezes
R3,065 Discovery Miles 30 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book investigates the central metaphysics and epistemology of Advaita. Although the vastness of Advaita literature has grown to immense proportions, there has been a glaring lacuna in unraveling its philosophical, theological and religious implications. This volume undertakes a thematic search on the conception of Atman in an all-important Advaitic text, the Vivekacudamani , and other supportive texts of the same genre. Walter Menezes aims to revive Advaita as a sound philosophical system by driving away the cloud of negativity associated with it, thereby opening a new chapter in the history of Advaita philosophy.

Letters of Helena Roerich I - 1929-1935 (Hardcover): Helena Roerich Letters of Helena Roerich I - 1929-1935 (Hardcover)
Helena Roerich
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sword of Zen - Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and the Sword Tale (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Peter... Sword of Zen - Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and the Sword Tale (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Peter Haskel
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Takuan Soho's (1573-1645) two works on Zen and swordsmanship are among the most straightforward and lively presentations of Zen ever written and have enjoyed great popularity in both premodern and modern Japan. Although dealing ostensibly with the art of the sword,Record of Immovable Wisdom andOn the Sword Taie are basic guides to Zen-"user's manuals" for Zen mind that show one how to manifest it not only in sword play but from moment to moment in everyday life. Along with translations of Record of Immovable Wisdom and On the Sword Taie (the former, composed in all likelihood for the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and his fencing master, Yagyu Munenori), this book includes an introduction to Takuan's distinctive approach to Zen, drawing on excerpts from the master's other writings. It also offers an accessible overview of the actual role of the sword in Takuan's day, a period that witnessed both a bloody age of civil warfare and Japan's final unification under the Tokugawa shoguns. Takuan was arguably the most famous Zen priest of his time, and as a pivotal figure, bridging the Zen of the late medieval and early modern periods, his story (presented in the book's biographical section) offers a rare picture of Japanese Zen in transition. For modern readers, whether practitioners of Zen or the martial arts, Takuan's emphasis on freedom of mind as the crux of his teaching resonates as powerfully as it did with the samurai and swordsmen of Tokugawa Japan. Scholars will welcome this new, annotated translation of Takuan's sword-related works as well as the host of detail it provides, illuminating an obscure period in Zen's history in Japan.

The Secret of the Golden Flower (Hardcover): Dongbin Leu The Secret of the Golden Flower (Hardcover)
Dongbin Leu; Translated by Richard Wilhelm; Commentary by C. G. Jung
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Higher Truth - Precious Bodhicitta (Hardcover): Irv Jacob Higher Truth - Precious Bodhicitta (Hardcover)
Irv Jacob
R970 Discovery Miles 9 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What we need to know about meditation and mindfulness to eliminate "stress" in our lives is contained in this book. This book follows and discusses the Satipatthana meditation scheme (pronunciation: sati-PA'-tana), too often neglected in the West. Many additional details about Buddhism are discussed including the very nature of spirituality. This as a mysterious human capacity in the way that electricity or mechanics are for most people -- but more like a puzzle, once understood it becomes useful. Reading this is a way of doing Buddhism as long as the reader continues meditation. The virtue of participating in chanting and other rituals is also explained. This is intended as a thorough, well documented and simply written presentation. Teachings about Purification, Anapanasati, Heart, Precious Bodhicitta, Realization, Enlightenment and many other "technical" Buddhist concepts are described. There is an extensive glossary and bibliography.

Confucian Analects (Hardcover): Confucius Confucian Analects (Hardcover)
Confucius
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Phenomenology and Intercultural Understanding - Toward a New Cultural Flesh (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Kwok-Ying Lau Phenomenology and Intercultural Understanding - Toward a New Cultural Flesh (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Kwok-Ying Lau
R3,577 Discovery Miles 35 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book approaches the topic of intercultural understanding in philosophy from a phenomenological perspective. It provides a bridge between Western and Eastern philosophy through in-depth discussion of concepts and doctrines of phenomenology and ancient and contemporary Chinese philosophy. Phenomenological readings of Daoist and Buddhist philosophies are provided: the reader will find a study of theoretical and methodological issues and innovative readings of traditional Chinese and Indian philosophies from the phenomenological perspective. The author uses a descriptive rigor to avoid cultural prejudices and provides a non-Eurocentric conception and practice of philosophy. Through this East-West comparative study, a compelling criticism of a Eurocentric conception of philosophy emerges. New concepts and methods in intercultural philosophy are proposed through these chapters. Researchers, teachers, post-graduates and students of philosophy will all find this work intriguing, and those with an interest in non-Western philosophy or phenomenology will find it particularly engaging.

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