A Comparative History of IdeasMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1992 - 572 pages Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. Discussing, in their similarities and in their subtle differences, ideas from India, China, Japan and Europe, the author considers such inclusive notions as the concept of God, the controversy over universals and the nature of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. This is a lucid and rewarding book which sets a new standard for dealing with a history of thought across many cultures. |
Contents
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Problems of Practice | 125 |
Human Existence | 237 |
The Ideal of the Universal State | 317 |
Concluding Remarks | 344 |
FEATURES OF MEDIEVAL THOUGHT | 351 |
Two Types of Religion | 370 |
Theology and its Counterparts | 423 |
Conclusion | 469 |
COMMON FEATURES OF MODERN THOUGHT | 475 |
The Development of Heterodoxies | 142 |
F Concluding Words | 183 |
EARLY UNIVERSAL RELIGIONS | 191 |
B Faith | 206 |
Concluding Words | 215 |
B Attitude toward Philosophy in General | 225 |
Revival of Skepticism | 490 |
Modern Religious Attitudes | 511 |
B Changes in the Evaluation of Man | 536 |
Conclusion of the Discussions on Modern Thought | 561 |
INDEX | 568 |
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