Author : Urs App
Release : 2012
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 095/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cult of Emptiness by : Urs App
Download or read book The Cult of Emptiness written by Urs App. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. I Sixteenth century : Translation hazards -- The zen shock -- The Buddha's progress -- Chaos and the God of Zen -- Valignano's lectures and Catechism -- Buddhist philosophy -- God's Samadhi -- Pt. II Seventeenth century : Oriental Ur-philosophy (Rodriques) -- Pan-Asian religion (Kircher) -- Buddha's deathbed confession -- The common ground (Navarrete) -- Pan-Asian philosophy (Bernier) -- The merger (Le Clerc & Bernier) -- From Pagan to Oriental philosophy -- Philosophical archaeology (Burnet) -- Zoroaster's lie (Jacob Thomasius) -- Ur-Spinozism (Bayle).