Enlightenment East and West

Enlightenment East and West
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 0791420531
ISBN-13 : 9780791420539
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Book Synopsis Enlightenment East and West by : Leonard Angel

Download or read book Enlightenment East and West written by Leonard Angel and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that mysticism is incomplete without scientific rationalism, and that our current social and political projects cannot be completed without assimilating the values and practices of mysticism. It discusses cross-cultural ethics, mysticism and value theory, mysticism and metaphysics, mysticism and the theory of knowledge, ethics and religion, parapsychology, patriarchy, and social and political history.


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