Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times

by Stephen Batchelor

A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time

Although they never met, Socrates and the Buddha were almost exact contemporaries, and each addressed in a radically new and surprisingly similar way the core questions of how to lead a good, just, and dignified life amid turbulence and violence. Common to their teachings was an ethics of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300275498
• ISBN13: 9780300275490
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages