Philosophy in World Perspective: A Comparative Hermeneutic of the Major Theories

ISBN: 0300051263

Author: Dilworth, David A.

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In this original work of systematic philosophy, David Dilworth places the major texts of Western and Oriental philosophy and religion, both ancient and modern, into one comparative framework. His study reveals affinities between thinkers who lived centuries and continents apart and produces numerous insights by bringing great philosophical texts together into a single purview.This is a provocative and challenging book: far-reaching in scope and implication, worldwide in its vision, yet inescapably Aristotelian in its grounding. It is to be hoped that it will acquaint more Western readers with Chinese philosophy, while spurring Asian thinkers to offer counterproposals about the crucial issues of philosophy in their respective traditions and the best methods to compare them.-Carl Becker, Journal of Asian StudiesThe work opens new interpretive possibilities for intra- and inter-textual reflection on a grand scale.-Edith Wyschogrod, Queens CollegePhilosophers East or West should buy and read this book.-Robert Magnolia, Tamkang University and National Taiwan University, Taiwan