Description
A wide-ranging exploration of the ideas that shape how human beings understand themselves, one another, and the world they inhabit. Drawing on Western and non-Western traditions—including Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, African philosophy, and contemporary thought—it examines questions of identity, individuality, family, morality, time, karma, emptiness, harmony, and scientific reductionism. The book challenges the assumption that there is a single path to wisdom, showing how different cultures offer distinctive ways to think about community, virtue, freedom, and the good life. Accessible, thoughtful, and intellectually curious, it invites readers to reconsider what it means to live meaningfully in an increasingly interconnected world.
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paperback
Granta
Published Jan 1, 2004
204 pages
ISBN: 9781862076617
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First Published
2004
Language
eng
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