LEADER 03305nam 22005172 450 001 9910758401003321 005 20221004135612.0 010 $a9781839983368$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781839983344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6922205 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6922205 035 $a(OCoLC)1314619387 035 $a(CKB)22144407900041 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781839983351 035 $a(EXLCZ)9922144407900041 100 $a20220816d2022|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEarly Buddhism as philosophy of existence $efreedom and death /$fSusan E. Babbitt$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLondon :$cAnthem Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (112 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022). 311 08$aPrint version: Babbitt, Susan E. Early Buddhism as Philosophy of Existence London : Anthem Press,c2022 9781839983344 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Why Philosophy of Existence? -- 3. The art of dying is the art of living: Rationality -- 4. Relational Philosophy and the Law of Dead Ends -- 5. Living Philosophy, and Philosophy Must Be lived -- 6. Written posthumously -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aPhilosophical liberalism is the dominant view in the world today. Even those who reject liberalism philosophically, subscribe to its view of freedom, which is a negative view, common to liberalism, libertarianism, and anarchism. The alternative is recognition of nature, thoroughly, applied fully to human beings. The Buddha set it out as a philosophy, and he lived it. It was a practice.

It brings death back into life. The common view is that death is the opposite of life. Yet death is part of life, from the beginning. We see this in many great writers, Dostoevsky, for example. His characters find human communion in suffering, despite their differences. Contradictions are inherent in life, but we find our way, not a single way. It brings realism back, which is truth.

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