Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 92
... whole body of Vedānta works , ancient , medieval , modern , and contemporary , constitutes a vast system of philosophical litera- ture in which it would seem that all philosophical problems are ex- plored and all possible solutions ...
... whole body of Vedānta works , ancient , medieval , modern , and contemporary , constitutes a vast system of philosophical litera- ture in which it would seem that all philosophical problems are ex- plored and all possible solutions ...
Page 194
... whole world as surely as the most powerful men of fiction . He is a super- man who breathes no fire . I am reminded by him of the music of Mozart , perfect in the details as in the whole , growing always a little faster than we ...
... whole world as surely as the most powerful men of fiction . He is a super- man who breathes no fire . I am reminded by him of the music of Mozart , perfect in the details as in the whole , growing always a little faster than we ...
Page 241
... whole Oriental attitude toward nature . Or the story of the Forty - Seven Ronin with its whole- sale suicide at the end will strike the Bible Belt Baptist as an arrogant defiance of Divine law if he has not been informed about the ...
... whole Oriental attitude toward nature . Or the story of the Forty - Seven Ronin with its whole- sale suicide at the end will strike the Bible Belt Baptist as an arrogant defiance of Divine law if he has not been informed about 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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