Self-cultivation philosophies in ancient India, Greece and China

• Verfasst von: Gowans, Christopher W. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Self-cultivation philosophies in ancient India, Greece and China
• Verf.angabe: Christopher W. Gowans
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 online resource (344 pages).
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 7, 2021)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-094105-5
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780190941024.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• K10plus-PPN: 1775901920
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Christopher W. Gowans shows how philosophy played a central role in self-cultivation programs in three ancient cultures. On the basis of a philosophical understanding of human nature, self-cultivation philosophies give an analysis of what is problematic in human life, propose an ideal state of being we can hope to attain, and provide a set of practices (philosophical, moral, therapeutic, or spiritual) we can undertake to achieve this end. This book explains the importance of self-cultivation philosophies in three ancient traditions: India (the Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya and Yoga, and Buddhism), Greece and Rome (Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism) and China (Confucianism, Daoism, and Chan Buddhism).