Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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... knowledge . A fifth reason for introducing these studies into our educational program is that the spiritual content of these Asian cultural tradi- tions joins with the spiritual traditions of the West in protesting against the ...
... knowledge . A fifth reason for introducing these studies into our educational program is that the spiritual content of these Asian cultural tradi- tions joins with the spiritual traditions of the West in protesting against the ...
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... knowledge of the Oriental world is all that is possible for us . It is a type of knowledge distinctive with ourselves . No matter how 18 A MULTICULTURAL WORLD.
... knowledge of the Oriental world is all that is possible for us . It is a type of knowledge distinctive with ourselves . No matter how 18 A MULTICULTURAL WORLD.
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William Theodore De Bary. type of knowledge distinctive with ourselves . No matter how much we learn of the Orient our knowledge still keeps its original form . Even our most capable specialists , we could say , particularly our most ...
William Theodore De Bary. type of knowledge distinctive with ourselves . No matter how much we learn of the Orient our knowledge still keeps its original form . Even our most capable specialists , we could say , particularly our most ...
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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