Oriental Philosophies

by John M. Koller

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684181452
• ISBN13: 9780684181455
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This Needs to be Reprinted!

Koller's book was my first serious introduction to Asian philosophy, and I though I read this as a busy high school senior trying to juggle classes, college applications, and extra-curriculars, I did not begrudge the time spent on this book.Koller looks at the various Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese and Zen traditions, and gives serious outlines of their thought. What I found so entrancing was how he would select pieces of art which help exemplify the worldviews that he analyzes, whether it be a dancing Shiva or Chinese landscape, we see how philosophies can inform how a culture works, and it makes the book much more vivid and engaging. The ideas come alive.The Asian perspective is becoming more important for Americans to understand, and I commend this book as a valuable tool in appreciating the East.