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- Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0190941022
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9780190941024
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344 Pages
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English
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Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China
Publication Year
2021
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Religious, General
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Textbook
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Philosophy, Education
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Hardcover
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"Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend this landmark work!" -- Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, author of Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese (Cambridge University Press, 2012) "An insightful and accessible introduction to the three major wisdom traditions of antiquity, Gowans' work can also serve as an attractive entry into the study of philosophy overall. For those already familiar with the many sources skillfully presented here, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China will offer a welcome meeting with old friends anew." -- Matthew Kapstein, The University of Chicago and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris "We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable." -- Nic Bommarito, Simon Fraser University, author of Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), "Gowans is to be commended for his bold and intelligent monograph, which offers an important and learned attempt at realizing what comparative philosophy could look like, and what we could learn from it." -- Brian Black and Nathan Gilbert, Lancaster University and Durham University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"There is a clear understanding throughout of diverse texts, often with single terms having multiple, context-bound references and historical anomalies, to forge a coherent account of self-cultivation that produces a meaningful life. Marked by solid grounding in relevant research, useful examples, thoughtful speculation, and clear writing, this text should have a broad audience." -- J. Gough, CHOICE"Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend thislandmark work!" -- Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, author of Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese (Cambridge University Press, 2012)"An insightful and accessible introduction to the three major wisdom traditions of antiquity, Gowans' work can also serve as an attractive entry into the study of philosophy overall. For those already familiar with the many sources skillfully presented here, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China will offer a welcome meeting with old friends anew." -- Matthew Kapstein, The University of Chicago and Ecole Pratique des HautesEtudes, Paris"We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable." -- Nic Bommarito, Simon Fraser University, author of Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guideto Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), "Gowans is to be commended for his bold and intelligent monograph, which offers an important and learned attempt at realizing what comparative philosophy could look like, and what we could learn from it." -- Brian Black and Nathan Gilbert, Lancaster University and Durham University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "There is a clear understanding throughout of diverse texts, often with single terms having multiple, context-bound references and historical anomalies, to forge a coherent account of self-cultivation that produces a meaningful life. Marked by solid grounding in relevant research, useful examples, thoughtful speculation, and clear writing, this text should have a broad audience." -- J. Gough, CHOICE"Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend this landmark work!" -- Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, author of Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese (Cambridge University Press, 2012)"An insightful and accessible introduction to the three major wisdom traditions of antiquity, Gowans' work can also serve as an attractive entry into the study of philosophy overall. For those already familiar with the many sources skillfully presented here, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China will offer a welcome meeting with old friends anew." -- Matthew Kapstein, The University of Chicago and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris"We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable." -- Nic Bommarito, Simon Fraser University, author of Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), "There is a clear understanding throughout of diverse texts, often with single terms having multiple, context-bound references and historical anomalies, to forge a coherent account of self-cultivation that produces a meaningful life. Marked by solid grounding in relevant research, useful examples, thoughtful speculation, and clear writing, this text should have a broad audience." -- J. Gough, CHOICE "Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend this landmark work!" -- Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, author of Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese (Cambridge University Press, 2012) "An insightful and accessible introduction to the three major wisdom traditions of antiquity, Gowans' work can also serve as an attractive entry into the study of philosophy overall. For those already familiar with the many sources skillfully presented here, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China will offer a welcome meeting with old friends anew." -- Matthew Kapstein, The University of Chicago and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris "We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable." -- Nic Bommarito, Simon Fraser University, author of Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), "Gowans is to be commended for his bold and intelligent monograph, which offers an important and learned attempt at realizing what comparative philosophy could look like, and what we could learn from it." -- Brian Black and Nathan Gilbert, Lancaster University and Durham University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "There is a clear understanding throughout of diverse texts, often with single terms having multiple, context-bound references and historical anomalies, to forge a coherent account of self-cultivation that produces a meaningful life. Marked by solid grounding in relevant research, useful examples, thoughtful speculation, and clear writing, this text should have a broad audience." -- J. Gough, CHOICE "Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend this landmark work!" -- Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, author of Yinyang: The Way of Heaven and Earth in Chinese (Cambridge University Press, 2012) "An insightful and accessible introduction to the three major wisdom traditions of antiquity, Gowans' work can also serve as an attractive entry into the study of philosophy overall. For those already familiar with the many sources skillfully presented here, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China will offer a welcome meeting with old friends anew." -- Matthew Kapstein, The University of Chicago and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris "We'd all like to change ourselves for the better. Using this kind of self-cultivation as a lens, Gowans guides you through classic ancient philosophies from around the globe. Informed by current scholarship, Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China draws new connections between classic texts, making them both practical and approachable." -- Nic Bommarito, Simon Fraser University, author of Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life (Oxford University Press, 2020), Christopher Gowans delivers a compelling and elucidating account of self-cultivation as an interpretive framework enriched through three traditions of India, Greece and China. This prolific and comprehensive form of fusion philosophy creates a distinctive space for a deeper philosophical reflection and illuminates an inimitable variety of the modes of understanding that grounds our existential starting point for a human flourishing. Highly recommend this landmarkwork!
Dewey Decimal
371.3943
Table Of Content
Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1: What are Self-Cultivation Philosophies? Part One: India Chapter 2: The Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3. Samkhya and Yoga Chapter 4: Indian Buddhism Part Two: Greece and Rome Chapter 5: Epicureanism Chapter 6: Stoicism Chapter 7: Pyrrho and Pyrrhonism Part Three: China Chapter 8: Classical Confucianism Chapter 9: Classical Daoism Chapter 10: Chan Buddhism
Synopsis
Philosophies in several ancient traditions aimed to alleviate people's anxieties and improve their lives. In contrast to the contemporay world, in which philosophy is mostly an academic subject and personal concerns are commonly addressed by psychological therapies, philosophy in these traditions often played a central role in programs that aspired to enable people to achieve a good life. In this volume, Christopher W. Gowans argues that the idea of self-cultivation philosophy provides a valuable approach for comprehending and reflecting on several philosophies in ancient India, Greece and China. Self-cultivation philosophies put forward a program of development for ameliorating the lives of human beings. On the basis of an account of human nature and the place of human beings in the world, they claim that our lives can be substantially transformed from what is thought to be a problematic condition into what purports to be an ideal state of being. Self-cultivation philosophies are preeminently practical in their aspirations: their purpose is to change human life in fundamental ways. Yet, in pursuing these practical ends, these philosophies typically make significant theoretical as well as empirical claims about human nature and the world.The book shows how the concept of self-cultivation philosophy provides an interpretive framework for understanding, comparing, assessing and learning from several philosophical outlooks in India, the Greco-Roman world, and China. The self-cultivation philosophies in India are those expressed in: the Bhagavad Gita; the Samkhya and Yoga philosophies of Isvarakrsna and Patanjali; and the teaching of the Buddha and his followers Buddhaghosa and Santideva. The philosophies originating in Greece, with subsequent development in the Roman world, are the most prominent Hellenistic approaches: the Epicureanism of Epicurus, Lucretius, and Philodemus; the Stoicism of Chrysippus, Epictetus, and Seneca; and Pyrrho and the Pyrrhonism of Sextus Empiricus. The self-cultivation philosophies from China are the early Confucian outlooks of Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi; the classical Daoist perspectives of the Daodejing and the Zhuangzi; and the Chan tradition of Bodhidharma, Huineng and Linji. Though these philosophies developed in very different traditions, Gowans shows the connections between them in this compelling work of comparative philosophy., Christopher W. Gowans shows how philosophy played a central role in self-cultivation programs in three ancient cultures. On the basis of a philosophical understanding of human nature, self-cultivation philosophies give an analysis of what is problematic in human life, propose an ideal state of being we can hope to attain, and provide a set of practices (philosophical, moral, therapeutic, or spiritual) we can undertake to achieve this end. This book explains the importance of self-cultivation philosophies in three ancient traditions: India (the Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya and Yoga, and Buddhism), Greece and Rome (Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism) and China (Confucianism, Daoism, and Chan Buddhism)., Philosophies in several ancient traditions aimed to alleviate people's anxieties and improve their lives. In contrast to the contemporay world, in which philosophy is mostly an academic subject and personal concerns are commonly addressed by psychological therapies, philosophy in these traditions often played a central role in programs that aspired to enable people to achieve a good life. In this volume, Christopher W. Gowans argues that the idea of self-cultivation philosophy provides a valuable approach for comprehending and reflecting on several philosophies in ancient India, Greece and China. Self-cultivation philosophies put forward a program of development for ameliorating the lives of human beings. On the basis of an account of human nature and the place of human beings in the world, they claim that our lives can be substantially transformed from what is thought to be a problematic condition into what purports to be an ideal state of being. Self-cultivation philosophies are preeminently practical in their aspirations: their purpose is to change human life in fundamental ways. Yet, in pursuing these practical ends, these philosophies typically make significant theoretical as well as empirical claims about human nature and the world. The book shows how the concept of self-cultivation philosophy provides an interpretive framework for understanding, comparing, assessing and learning from several philosophical outlooks in India, the Greco-Roman world, and China. The self-cultivation philosophies in India are those expressed in: the Bhagavad Gita ; the Samkhya and Yoga philosophies of Isvarakrsna and Patanjali; and the teaching of the Buddha and his followers Buddhaghosa and Santideva. The philosophies originating in Greece, with subsequent development in the Roman world, are the most prominent Hellenistic approaches: the Epicureanism of Epicurus, Lucretius, and Philodemus; the Stoicism of Chrysippus, Epictetus, and Seneca; and Pyrrho and the Pyrrhonism of Sextus Empiricus. The self-cultivation philosophies from China are the early Confucian outlooks of Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi; the classical Daoist perspectives of the Daodejing and the Zhuangzi ; and the Chan tradition of Bodhidharma, Huineng and Linji. Though these philosophies developed in very different traditions, Gowans shows the connections between them in this compelling work of comparative philosophy.
LC Classification Number
LC32.G69 2021
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