World Philosophies

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World Philosophies is written by Ninian Smart and published by Psychology Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415184665 (ISBN 10) and 9780415184663 (ISBN 13).

World Philosophiesis a comprehensive survey of the world's philosophical and religious traditions by one of our foremost religious thinkers. Ninian Smart discusses notable figures such as Plato and Kierkegaard in the West, the Buddha and Mao Zedong in Asia, Tempels and Knibanga in Africa, and Rodo and Royce in America. Covering a wide range of topics including Indian ideas of testimony and evidence, Chinese notions of moral development, Buddhist concepts of cosmology and Latin American critiques of materialism, Smart sheds new light on the astonishing diversity of philosophies that have developed throughout history.