Dubuisson, Daniel.
Les sagesses de lhomme : Wisdoms of Humanity: Buddhism, Paganism, and Christianity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - Numen Book Ser. ; v.136 . - Numen Book Ser. .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Object of Wisdoms -- Part One -- Certitude or Futility? -- Chapter One A Fragile and Uncertain 'I' -- Chapter Two A Labile Consciousness -- Chapter Three The Pure Consciousness of Philosophers -- Chapter Four Impermanence and Vacuity -- Chapter Five Unfinished Humanity -- Part Two -- Christian Techniques of the Soul -- Chapter Six Techniques of the Body and Spiritual Exercises -- Chapter Seven Christian Anthropology -- Chapter Eight Disciplines of Interior Life -- Chapter Nine Suffering and Culpability -- Part Three -- The Wisdoms of Cultures -- Chapter Ten Wisdoms and Human Sciences -- Chapter Eleven Metaphysics and Religions -- Chapter Twelve Anthropology and Wisdoms -- Conclusion -- The Forgetting of Wisdom -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9789004216297
Wisdom - Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BL65.W57 -- D8313 2011eb
204
Les sagesses de lhomme : Wisdoms of Humanity: Buddhism, Paganism, and Christianity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - Numen Book Ser. ; v.136 . - Numen Book Ser. .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Object of Wisdoms -- Part One -- Certitude or Futility? -- Chapter One A Fragile and Uncertain 'I' -- Chapter Two A Labile Consciousness -- Chapter Three The Pure Consciousness of Philosophers -- Chapter Four Impermanence and Vacuity -- Chapter Five Unfinished Humanity -- Part Two -- Christian Techniques of the Soul -- Chapter Six Techniques of the Body and Spiritual Exercises -- Chapter Seven Christian Anthropology -- Chapter Eight Disciplines of Interior Life -- Chapter Nine Suffering and Culpability -- Part Three -- The Wisdoms of Cultures -- Chapter Ten Wisdoms and Human Sciences -- Chapter Eleven Metaphysics and Religions -- Chapter Twelve Anthropology and Wisdoms -- Conclusion -- The Forgetting of Wisdom -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9789004216297
Wisdom - Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
BL65.W57 -- D8313 2011eb
204