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But Not Philosophy - Seven Introductions to Non-Western Thought (Paperback)
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But Not Philosophy - Seven Introductions to Non-Western Thought (Paperback)
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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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