TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dubuisson,Daniel
TI  - Wisdoms of humanity: Buddhism, paganism, and Christianity 
T2  - Brill eBook titles
SN  - 9789004216297
AV  - BL65.W57 D8313 2011
U1  - 204 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Wisdom
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Comparative studies
N1  - "First published as: Les sagesses de l'homme : bouddhisme, paganisme, spiritualite chretienne. Lille, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2004"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE OBJECT OF WISDOMS -- 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 -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Wisdoms have often been considered either as meek servants to religions, or as timorous and mediocre ways of living. Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores these wisdoms into their fascinating and vigorous personality. Because they reject the marvelous, display resolute ethics and highly efficient mental techniques, they deserve to be considered one of the major conquests of humanity. Thanks to them, and to the lucid look they incited men to cast upon themselves, the latter discovered the means to strenghten their personality and stand up to the ordeals of this life. It may lie within this brave acceptance of their condition the highest proof of humanity one might imagine
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004193840.i-256
ER  -