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Wisdoms of humanity : Buddhism, paganism, and Christianity / by Daniel Dubuisson ; (translated by Seth Cherney).

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 136.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 255 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004216297
  • 9004216294
  • 1283280876
  • 9781283280877
Uniform titles:
  • Sagesses de l'homme. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wisdoms of Humanity : Buddhism, Paganism, and Christianity.DDC classification:
  • 204
LOC classification:
  • BL65.W57
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
A fragile and uncertain "I" -- A labile consciousness -- The pure consciousness of philosophers -- Impermanence and vacuity -- Unfinished humanity -- Techniques of the body and spiritual exercises -- Christian anthropology -- Disciplines of interior life -- Suffering and culpability -- Wisdoms and human sciences -- Metaphysics and religions -- Anthropology and wisdoms.
Summary: Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores wisdoms into their fascinating and vigorous personality. It particularly demonstrates that all of them were inspired by similar principles and conceived very comparable mental techniques.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)390492

Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores wisdoms into their fascinating and vigorous personality. It particularly demonstrates that all of them were inspired by similar principles and conceived very comparable mental techniques.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A fragile and uncertain "I" -- A labile consciousness -- The pure consciousness of philosophers -- Impermanence and vacuity -- Unfinished humanity -- Techniques of the body and spiritual exercises -- Christian anthropology -- Disciplines of interior life -- Suffering and culpability -- Wisdoms and human sciences -- Metaphysics and religions -- Anthropology and wisdoms.

Translated from the French.