| Buddhism Contributor(s): Harvey, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826453503 ISBN-13: 9780826453501 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: This collection of essays examines ten core themes from a comparative perspective and thus provides an integrated introduction to the social and spiritual values at the centre of Buddhist thought. Following an introductory chapter, the themes covered are moral decision making, worship, myth and history, the role of women, attitudes to nature, sacred writings, beliefs about human nature, rites of passage, sacred place and the depiction of the divine. Each chapter concludes with a list of recommended further reading. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) |
| Dewey: 294.3 |
| LCCN: 00052342 |
| Series: World Religions: Themes and Issues (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.76" W x 8.72" (1.16 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Heidegger is widely regarded as the 20th Century's most original philosopher. Towards the Definition of Philosophy brings together - in their first English translation - two of his seminal lecture courses, The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview and Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy Value, as well as the lecture, On the Nature of the University and Academic Study. The volume also includes a short glossary. |
