PHI 301 - Asian Philosophy (1)

Study of Eastern philosophies such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism through their classic texts. Examination of the nature of reality and the self, and how humans ought to live to reveal that doing philosophy here is a way of thinking and living attuned with nature. How one views the world and oneself reveals how one should live and be. Analysis of these Eastern ways of thinking and living in a broader philosophical context to see both difference and similarity. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Alternate years.
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