Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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... Western sense of universalism demands that we perfect the existing programs and introduce others as soon as material , teachers , and students are available . At this stage in history no civilization is satisfied with its own ...
... Western sense of universalism demands that we perfect the existing programs and introduce others as soon as material , teachers , and students are available . At this stage in history no civilization is satisfied with its own ...
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William Theodore De Bary. The Oriental countries have already introduced the study of Western culture into their educational program . They are far more proficient in Western languages than we are in theirs . Their scho- lastic interest ...
William Theodore De Bary. The Oriental countries have already introduced the study of Western culture into their educational program . They are far more proficient in Western languages than we are in theirs . Their scho- lastic interest ...
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... Western scientist and the con- templative mentality of an Indian rishi . No Western painter could have done the work of Ma Yuan or that of Hokusai . To have simul- taneously the mentality of Confucius , Yājñavalkya , Aristotle , and al ...
... Western scientist and the con- templative mentality of an Indian rishi . No Western painter could have done the work of Ma Yuan or that of Hokusai . To have simul- taneously the mentality of Confucius , Yājñavalkya , Aristotle , and al ...
Contents
Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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