The Ideals of East and West

Originally published in 1934, this book examines the similarities and differences of ethical traditions in the East and the West.

Kenneth Saunders (Author)

9781107650299, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 October 2013

274 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg

Originally published in 1934, and undertaken at the suggestion of Sayajirao Gaekwad III, then Maharajah of Baroda, this book examines the similarities and differences of ethical traditions in the East and the West. Saunders uses Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Hebrew and Christian texts to compare and contrast each system with the others, noting that 'East and West must cease from provincialism in a world now made one'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in comparative religion and in the history of Western reception of Eastern ideas.

Preface
Prologue. An evening at Ephesus
1. The ethics of India
2. The ethics of the Chinese
3. The ethics of the Japanese
4. The ethics of the Greeks
5. The message of the Hebrews
6. Christian ethics
Epilogue. A meeting at Chang-an
Index of principal teachers
Index of subjects.

Subject Areas: Non-Western philosophy [HPD]