Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition
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Grant Hardy
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Grant Hardy
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The Great Courses
About this listen
Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutionary thought built up by a rich collection of brilliant minds. But to understand the Western intellectual tradition is to get only half the story. The Eastern intellectual tradition has made just as important a contribution - and is also the product of thousands of years of cumulative thought by a distinct group of brilliant thinkers.
Their ideas demonstrate wholly different ways of approaching and solving the same fundamental issues that concerned the West's greatest thinkers, such as the existence of God, the meaning of life and the nature of truth and reality.This epic and comprehensive 36-lecture examination of the East's most influential philosophers and thinkers - from a much-honored teacher and scholar - offers a thought-provoking look at the surprising connections and differences between East and West. By introducing you to the people-including The Buddha, Ashoka, Prince Shotoku, Confucius, and Gandhi - responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, it will strengthen your knowledge of cultures that play increasingly important roles in our globalized 21st-century world.
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- 2022-11-19
what a course!
Really great course. One of the best I have listened to on audible. The lecturer is super knowledgeable, as he should be, but more importantly so enthusiastic and engaging that it's hard to stop listening. He gets into a huge amount of detail, but even just getting the broad strokes of eastern philosophy is a benefit. I had this for free and after I lost it even used a credit on it because I wanted access to the material. Definitely recommend!
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- Christopher Staniforth
- 2021-03-26
Excellent!
I highly recommend this course, it was extremely informative and enjoyable! Served as a great introduction to Eastern thought.
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- Griffon Simms
- 2020-02-04
A must
To anyone that wishes an amazing teacher, a fascinating subject and a true base understanding of the basis of Easter thought. I could not recommend this enough.
Again. The teacher is the best out of the 7 great courses I’ve listened to.
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- Adam
- 2022-08-17
Amazing Insight!
This is one of my favourites! I think my main takeaway was how fascinating the different worldviews that exist in the east, mainly in their differences from the dualism of the west. Presenter does an awesome job, 100% recommend.
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- Ling
- 2023-03-16
Thoroughly enjoyed it
Great content. Great stories. And the narration was conversational - making it easy to digest. Loved it.
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- Liam
- 2018-09-11
Great passionate prof, must listen for westerners
Not only accomplishes an overview of most asian spiritualism for those looking for places to dive in (I recommend starting with the analects and mengzi either before or right after this) but also gives you insight into what people intellectual and lay in general are really like based on what they conceptualize and gravitate towards.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-03-10
outstanding
outstanding combination of vast knowledge, synthesis, and engaging speaking style. thoroughly enjoyable and useful. Bravo.
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- Hamed Soltani
- 2021-06-01
amazing and wonderful lectures and great performan
Really loved the series. great performance, amazing material and very professional curriculum for the course.
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- Evan Goodwin
- 2019-09-22
A Great Overview of Eastern Ideas of Meaning
The lessons really flowed nicely, were well narrated, and presented the information clearly. I listened to most of it while driving and I was able to glean a lot of information.
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