World philosophy /
A series of lectures designed to introduce the student to some of the central views in the world's diverse philosophical traditions. Using the orientation of Western thought as a departure, the course considers some of the alternative worldviews that developed in Africa, the Americas, India, Ch...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
The Teaching Co.,
[2001]
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| Series: | Great courses (Videorecording)
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. tape 1. lecture 1. Beginnings ; lecture 2. Western metaphysics ; lecture 3. Soul and body ; lecture 4. The good life and the role of reason
- tape 2. lecture 5. Western and African thought compared ; lecture 6. Traditional beliefs and philosophy ; lecture 7. American Indian thinking ; lecture 8. Mesoamerican thought
- tape 3. lecture 9. Ethics and social thought in Latin America ; lecture 10. Indian thought on supreme reality ; lecture 11. The dualism of the Samkhya school ; lecture 12. Vedic thought and monism
- tape 4. lecture 13. The Bhagavad gita ; lecture 14. The Buddha's teachings ; lecture 15. Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism ; lecture 16. Nagarjuna's interpretation of Buddhism
- tape 5. lecture 17. The Chinese conception of reality ; lecture 18. Confucius ; lecture 19. Confucian virtue ; lecture 20. Confucian schools, Mencius and Xunzi
- tape 6. lecture 21. The Daoist response to Confucianism ; lecture 22. Daoism and early Buddhism in China ; lecture 23. Buddhism in China and Japan ; lecture 24. Synthesis.