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Title |
Title of document |
Introduction - What the Buddha Thought |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Richard Gombrich; Oxford University; United Kingdom |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Buddhist Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Buddhism; history; Buddha; doctrines |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
BQ1-9800 Buddhism; BQ860-939 Gautama Buddha |
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Description |
Abstract |
I have been motivated to write this book mainly by two feelings: admiration and exasperation. My admiration is for the Buddha, whom I consider to be one of the greatest thinkers ñ and greatest personalities ñ of whom we have record in human history. Ranking people in an order of merit is a pursuit fit only for parlour games, but I maintain that the Buddha belongs in the same class as Plato and Aristotle, the giants who created the tradition of western philosophy. I think that his ideas should form part of the education of every child, the world over, and that this would help to make the world a more civilized place, both gentler and more intelligent. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Contributor |
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Date |
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01-Aug-2009 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19097 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.19097 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; What the Buddha Thought |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
global |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |