Chapter 1 Understanding Order: The Chinese Perspective Chapter 2 Ways of Japanese Thinking Chapter 3 Traditional American Indian Attitudes toward Nature Chapter 4 Pre-Columbian and Modern Philosophical Perspectives in Latin America Chapter 5 Arabic Philosophy Chapter 6 Jewish Philosophy Chapter 7 Persian Philosophy Chapter 8 The Myth of Authenticity: Personhood, Traditional Culture, and African Philosophy Chapter 9 Indian Philosophies Chapter 10 Buddhist Philosophy Chapter 11 Måori Philosophy Chapter 12 Esoteric Philosophy
Robert C. Solomon, Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of numerous books and textbooks in philosophy, including From Rationalism to Existentialism, The Passions, and The Bully Culture. Kathleen M. Higgins, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, The Music of Our Lives, and Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science. Together, they have written A Short History of Philosophy, What Nietzsche Really Said, and edited World Philosophy: A Text with Readings.
Robert Solomon and Kathy Higgins, editors, and the many
distinguished contributors are to be congratulated for this
excellent second edition of the work. The new chapters on Jewish,
Buddhist, and Maori Philosophy maintain the high standard of the
original chapters, all of which are written with great clarity and
insight. Anyone interested in the philosophies of the world should
gratefully accept the invitation to learn from this fine book.
*Eliot Deutsch, University of Hawaii*
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