The Straniak Philosophy Prize 1995 awarded by the Hermann and Marianne Straniak Foundation Sarnen/Switzerland This book explores Eastern and Western ideas of freedom and reveals the essential differences, as well as similarities, between Eastern and Western cultural values. Inspired by an ancient Greek myth recounted by Protagoras, the authors suggest that three important values tend to motivate human activity: achieving pleasure, achieving results, and obeying moral law. Then, drawing on intellectual sources ranging from ...
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The Straniak Philosophy Prize 1995 awarded by the Hermann and Marianne Straniak Foundation Sarnen/Switzerland This book explores Eastern and Western ideas of freedom and reveals the essential differences, as well as similarities, between Eastern and Western cultural values. Inspired by an ancient Greek myth recounted by Protagoras, the authors suggest that three important values tend to motivate human activity: achieving pleasure, achieving results, and obeying moral law. Then, drawing on intellectual sources ranging from traditional Hinduism to modern existentialism, the authors proceed to show how these values - pleasure, efficiency, and morality - determine the idea of freedom as it appears in various philosophical systems of East and West. In the course of their analysis, the idea of freedom is itself emancipated from the usual kinds of cultural boundaries that have so often limited both its usefulness and its timeliness.
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Add this copy of The Bounds of Freedom: About the Eastern and Western to cart. $39.95, good condition, Sold by School Haus Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saginaw, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Peter Lang Publishing.
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1995, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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1995
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English
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Good. 1995 paperback/ex-library with usual markings, that have been covered with a black marker/clean & unmarked text. 186 p. American University Studies Series V, Philosophy, 165.
Add this copy of The Bounds of Freedom: About the Eastern and Western to cart. $85.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Peter Lang Inc., International.
Edition:
1995, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
