Eastern philosophy

Eastern philosophy

Terms that relate to the philosophy of South and East Asia.

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Hsün Tzu

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

A a Chinese Confucian philosopher who championed a blend of Confucianism and Taoism. Hsün Tzu lived during the Warring States Period and contributed to one of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Eightfold Path

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

The way or practise recommended in Buddhism that includes Right View, Right Aim, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Living, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Contemplation.

Averroës

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

A twelfth-century Islamic thinker, was thought of as holding two separate truths, that of religion and that of philosophy.

Avicenna (Abu Ali ibn-Sina)

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

A tenth-century Islamic thinker, felt that there is a parallelism between philosophy and theology.

Sun Tzu

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

A sixth-century B. C. Taoist philosopher and general, applied Taoist philosophy to military strategy.

Sadr al-Din als Shirazi

Philosophy; Eastern philosophy

A late sixteenth- and early-seventeenth-century thinker who was influenced by the mystical tendencies in Neo-Platonism, sought a return to the first principle of being.

A philosophical tradition that began with Confucius in the sixth century B. C. And continues to the present day. Confucianism is a practical philosophy that hopes to establish a better world order by ...