Introduction to Eastern Thought

by Marietta Stepaniants

Book Overview

Marietta Stepaniants' introductory text allows a distinctively Eastern way of thinking to come forth. Four interpretive essays open the book showing how Indian, Chinese and Islamic traditions responded to these questions: How did philosophy arise? What is the origin of order in the universe? What is human nature? What is truth ? A fifth, unique, essay shows how Eastern thought has dealt with Western contact in the 19th and 20th centuries. Comparisons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742504344
• ISBN13: 9780742504349
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"