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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451975303321

Autore

Coward Harold G

Titolo

The perfectibility of human nature in eastern and western thought [[electronic resource] /] / Harold Coward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7885-8

1-4356-3211-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in religious studies

Disciplina

128

Soggetti

Perfection

Perfection - Religious aspects

Philosophical anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The perfectibility of human nature in western thought -- The perfectibility of human nature in western philosophy and psychology -- The perfectibility of human nature in Jewish thought -- The perfectibility of human nature in Christian thought -- The perfectibility of human nature in Islamic thought -- The perfectibility of human nature in eastern thought (arising in India) -- The perfectibility of human nature in Indian philosophy and yoga psychology -- The perfectibility of human nature in Hindu thought -- The perfectibility of human nature in Buddhist thought.