The Buddha Meets Socrates

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A Philosopher's Journal

By Harrison J. Pemberton

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The Buddha Meets Socrates: A Philosopher's Journal recounts Harrison J. Pemberton's unique experience teaching Western philosophy to young Buddhist monks in India in 2004. Central to the narrative is a dialogue between Pemberton and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, exploring the intersections between the teachings of the Buddha and the ideas of Socrates. The book offers a reflective journey of cross-cultural philosophical exchange.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in religion, spirituality, philosophy, and intercultural dialogue, particularly those curious about comparative studies between Eastern and Western thought.

The fascinating exchange that takes place during the encounter of a professor of Western philosophy and a revered lama of Tibetan Buddhism.

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The Buddha Meets Socrates: A Philosopher's Journal is a first-person account of teaching and learning. In 2004, Harrison J. Pemberton embarked on a journey to teach Western philosophy to a group of young Buddhist monks in India. One scholar in particular was poised to study: His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje.

Together these great thinkers generated a dialogue of teaching and learning, looking at the work of Western philosophers and comparing it to Buddhist philosophy. They questioned how the Buddha and Socrates might meet. The Buddha Meets Socrates chronicles this process of inquiry and exchange.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9782360170333

Publisher: Rabsel Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 March 2020

Country: France

Imprint: Rabsel Editions

Illustration: No

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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Education & Reference Harrison J. Pemberton Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Harrison J. Pemberton (1925-2017) taught philosophy for over fifty years. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University, and his main focus was Western thought, especially Plato. After he was in the U.S. occupation forces in Japan after World War II, he kept alive an interest in Eastern thought as well. He taught at Yale, the University of Virginia, and Washington and Lee University where he was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. He was a visiting professor at the University of Texas, California State University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and at the Karma Shri Diwakar Institute of Buddhist Studies in Kalimpong, India. He lived for many years in Lexington, Virginia and near the end of his life taught philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute.