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| − | '''Eastern Philosophy''' comprises mainly the | + | '''Eastern Philosophy''' comprises mainly the thoughts of [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], [[Islamism]] and [[Jainism]]. All these thoughts are as distinct from each other as they are from Western philosophy. However, there have been important influences between Eastern and Western philosophy. Some examples are the influence of [[Greek]] philosophy on [[Arab]] thought and the interest of [[Hegel]] in Taoism. |
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*[http://www.kheper.net/topics/eastern/index.html Eastern Philosophy] | *[http://www.kheper.net/topics/eastern/index.html Eastern Philosophy] | ||
*[http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/Eastern_Philosophy/ Eastern Philosophy] Open Directory. | *[http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/Eastern_Philosophy/ Eastern Philosophy] Open Directory. | ||
| − | *[http://home.wirehub.nl/chan/LM/LM.html Logical Meanderings between West and East:Aristotle, Nagarjuna and Bhaskar] | + | *[http://home.wirehub.nl/chan/LM/LM.html Logical Meanderings between West and East: Aristotle, Nagarjuna and Bhaskar] |
*[http://www.geocities.com/fisik_99/philosophy.htm The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy] | *[http://www.geocities.com/fisik_99/philosophy.htm The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy] | ||
*[http://www.san.beck.org/EC-Contents.html Ancient Wisdom and Folly] | *[http://www.san.beck.org/EC-Contents.html Ancient Wisdom and Folly] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:54, September 6, 2026
Eastern Philosophy comprises mainly the thoughts of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islamism and Jainism. All these thoughts are as distinct from each other as they are from Western philosophy. However, there have been important influences between Eastern and Western philosophy. Some examples are the influence of Greek philosophy on Arab thought and the interest of Hegel in Taoism.
Edward Conze, in his Buddhist Thought in India, sees an unfortunate conceptual barrier between Eastern philosophy and contemporary Western philosophy. Eastern philosophy, he argues, is grounded in a metaphysical position that the universe has various layers of reality. The outer layer involves our ordinary perceptions of things, and the inner layer is a unified reality that permeates everything, including humans. [1]
"They who tell do not know; they who know do not tell." Lao Tzu