Author: Smart, Ninian
Hardback; Book
464 pages
Published: December 1998
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415184665

World Philosophies is a comprehensive survey of the world's philosophical and religious traditions. Ninian Smart discusses notable figures including Plato and Kierkegaard in the West; The Buddha and Mao Zedong in Asia; Tempels and Knibanga in Africa; and Rodo and Royce in America. Indian ideas of testimony and evidence, Chinese notions of moral development, Buddhist concepts of cosmology, and Latin American critiques of materialism are also explored.An original introduction to the world's philosophical and religious traditions.This is a collection of stories of philosophy and religion from around the world. The author discusses figures such as: Plato and Kierkega ard in the West; the Buddha and Mao Zedong in Asia; temples and Knibanga in Africa; and Rodo and Royce in America.