Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 50
... religion of the Qur'ān . Year after year our students of comparative religion complain that they find far less of interest in the Qur'an than in the other sacred books of the East . It presents no new religious insights , makes no ...
... religion of the Qur'ān . Year after year our students of comparative religion complain that they find far less of interest in the Qur'an than in the other sacred books of the East . It presents no new religious insights , makes no ...
Page 66
... religious and ethical systems with his own when confronted with them , and all the more so in the case of the young student , for it is the best means of enabling him to see his own religious and ethical beliefs in perspective . We ...
... religious and ethical systems with his own when confronted with them , and all the more so in the case of the young student , for it is the best means of enabling him to see his own religious and ethical beliefs in perspective . We ...
Page 71
... religious - legal sciences , were suspicious of the philosophic- rational sciences and openly antagonistic to the protagonists of Greek philosophy , especially when these sought , as in this case , to challenge them in a field most ...
... religious - legal sciences , were suspicious of the philosophic- rational sciences and openly antagonistic to the protagonists of Greek philosophy , especially when these sought , as in this case , to challenge them in a field 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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