Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China

ISBN-13: 9780190941024 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 344 str.

Christopher W. Gowans

Recenzje

We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable.

O autorze

Christopher W. Gowans is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, where he has served as Chair of the Philosophy Department. He works in moral philosophy, with interests in the implications of moral diversity and moral conflicts as well as ancient philosophical traditions in various cultures, especially Buddhism. He is the editor of Moral Dilemmas (Oxford University Press, 1987) and author of Innocence Lost: An Examination of Inescapable Moral Wrongdoing (Oxford University Press, 1994). In more recent years, he has written Philosophy of the Buddha (2003) and Buddhist Moral Philosophy: An Introduction (2014), both for Routledge.