Introduction to Eastern Thought

Marietta Stepaniants is the Director of the Center for Oriental Philosophies Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences where she has been working since 1959. She is the author of ten books including Islamic Philosophy and Social Thought: 19th-20th Centuries, Sufi Wisdom, Gandhi and the World Today. Among more than 20 volumes edited by her: Rationalistic Tradition and Modernity. In 3 volumes, History of of Indian Philosophy: A Russian Viewpoint, Feminism: East-West-Russia, Democracy and Justice: A Cross-cultural Perspectives. Her writings have been translated and published in eighteen countries. For 15 years Dr. Stepaniants was a professor of the Diplomatic Academy; in recent years, she has been Chair of Oriental Philosophies at the Russian State University of Humanities (Moscow). Dr.Stepaniants has played a key role in developing comparative studies in Russia. She was the Director for 7th & 8th East-West Philosophers' Conferences in Honolulu and is a corresponding member of the editorial board of a number academic journals, including Philosophy East and West , Social Sciences Research Journal.

• Part 1 One: Interpretive EssaysChapter 2 1. The Birth of PhilosophyChapter 3 2. The Universe: Its Origins and StructureChapter 4 3. Human NatureChapter 5 4 . In Search of the TruthChapter 6 5. Tradition and ModernityPart 7 Two: SourcesChapter 8 6. Indian TraditionChapter 9 The Svetasvatara-upanisadChapter 10 The BhagavadgitaChapter 11 The Questions of King MilindaChapter 12 The Acaranga SutraChapter 13 The Sarva-Darsana-SamgrahaChapter 14 Isvarakrsna's SamkhyarikaChapter 15 The Yoga VasisthaChapter 16 The Nyaya-Sutras of VatasyayanaChapter 17 The Vaisesika-Sutras of KanadaChapter 18 The Brahma-Sutra-Bhasya of SankaraChapter 19 The Common Bases of HinduismChapter 20 7. Chinese TraditionChapter 21 AnalectsChapter 22 The Book of MenciusChapter 23 Tao Te ChingChapter 24 ChuangTzuChapter 25 Universal LoveChapter 26 The Recorded Conversations of Zen Master I-HsuanChapter 27 Fragments from the Complete WorksChapter 28 Inquiry on the Great LearningChapter 29 Hsin li-hsuehChapter 30 8. Muslim TraditionChapter 31 Risala fi istihsan al-khawd fi 'ilm al-kalamChapter 32 Fusul al-madaniChapter 33 Danish NamaChapter 34 Tahafut al-falasifahChapter 35 Fusus al-hikamChapter 36 Al-MuqaddimahChapter 37 The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

This volume is a triumph of the spirit of cultural accommodation and inclusiveness that is driving the comparative philosophy movement. And as an internationally renonwed voice in this movement, Marietta Stepanients is singularly equipped in breadth of scholarship and in passion to offer the academy her interpretation of world wisdom. This survey includes both interpretive insight and a rich vein of the original philosophical literature, both context and content. It belongs on the bookshelf of every serious student of world culture.