Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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... culture or a fully formed person of an Oriental culture is , for that very reason , at home in his native culture and at home in all other cultures . He is one whose existence has understandable significance . In and through this native ...
... culture or a fully formed person of an Oriental culture is , for that very reason , at home in his native culture and at home in all other cultures . He is one whose existence has understandable significance . In and through this native ...
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... cultural formation . This personal allegiance of a people to their culture is based on the normal human response of man to that cultural synthesis from and within which he has received his human formation of mind and heart . It is also ...
... cultural formation . This personal allegiance of a people to their culture is based on the normal human response of man to that cultural synthesis from and within which he has received his human formation of mind and heart . It is also ...
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... cultures before he be- comes " narrowed " and " corrupted " through study of his own culture . This supposes that acquaintance with one's own cultural tradition incapacitates a person for an objective appreciation of others . The ...
... cultures before he be- comes " narrowed " and " corrupted " through study of his own culture . This supposes that acquaintance with one's own cultural tradition incapacitates a person for an objective appreciation of others . The ...
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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