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245 10 a| Buddha, Socrates, and us :b| ethical living in uncertain times /c| Stephen Batchelor.;

264 1 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| viii, 340 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.;

520 a| "In this book, Stephen Batchelor explores the philosophical, social, and political worlds of the Buddha and Socrates, showing how their teachings continue to provide lessons in how to lead a flourishing and engaged life. Keenly aware of the fickle and conflicted nature of the human mind, Gotama and Socrates inspired their followers to act with humility and courage, risk and resolve, doubt and confidence. Drawing on their insights, and those of their followers, Batchelor uncovers a middle way between Buddhist dharma and Greek philosophy that can serve as a starting point for a 'secular faith' that addresses the most pressing spiritual and planetary issues of our age"--c| Jacket flap.;

505 0 a| In search of a voice -- Agency. Life as practice -- The wisest man in Greece -- Fraternal twins -- Diotima's middle way -- Contingency. An unbearable silence -- The Socrates show -- Whose Buddha? Whose Socrates? -- Convenient fictions -- Uncertainty. The quest for certainty -- The tragedy of being human -- A religion is born -- Nāgasena or Nāgārjuna? -- Creativity. Refining gold -- The truth of comedy -- Ataraxia -- A dialogical self -- Impossible questions. The foolish and the wise -- Only tragedy can save the city -- The great matter of birth and death -- What is this thing? -- Starting all over again. A cartography of care -- Silencing Socrates -- A revaluation of all values -- For love of the world -- A worldly eightfold path. The parable of the snake -- Death by mortar and pestle -- Contemplative life -- Active life -- Entering the stream. Lucid confidence -- An ethics of uncertainty.;

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Buddha, Socrates, and us : ethical living in uncertain times / Stephen Batchelor.

Author/creator	Batchelor, Stephen author.
Other author	Yale University Press, publishing company.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	viii, 340 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Gautama Buddha. Socrates. Philosophy, Ancient. Buddhism. Conduct of life. Ethics. Morale pratique. Morale. Philosophie ancienne. Bouddhisme.

Contents	In search of a voice -- Agency. Life as practice -- The wisest man in Greece -- Fraternal twins -- Diotima's middle way -- Contingency. An unbearable silence -- The Socrates show -- Whose Buddha? Whose Socrates? -- Convenient fictions -- Uncertainty. The quest for certainty -- The tragedy of being human -- A religion is born -- Nāgasena or Nāgārjuna? -- Creativity. Refining gold -- The truth of comedy -- Ataraxia -- A dialogical self -- Impossible questions. The foolish and the wise -- Only tragedy can save the city -- The great matter of birth and death -- What is this thing? -- Starting all over again. A cartography of care -- Silencing Socrates -- A revaluation of all values -- For love of the world -- A worldly eightfold path. The parable of the snake -- Death by mortar and pestle -- Contemplative life -- Active life -- Entering the stream. Lucid confidence -- An ethics of uncertainty.
Abstract	"In this book, Stephen Batchelor explores the philosophical, social, and political worlds of the Buddha and Socrates, showing how their teachings continue to provide lessons in how to lead a flourishing and engaged life. Keenly aware of the fickle and conflicted nature of the human mind, Gotama and Socrates inspired their followers to act with humility and courage, risk and resolve, doubt and confidence. Drawing on their insights, and those of their followers, Batchelor uncovers a middle way between Buddhist dharma and Greek philosophy that can serve as a starting point for a 'secular faith' that addresses the most pressing spiritual and planetary issues of our age"-- Jacket flap.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780300283075
Genre/form	Creative nonfiction.
Genre/form	Essais fictionnels.
ISBN	9780300275490 (hardback)
ISBN	0300275498 (hardback)
ISBN	ePub ebook
Standard identifier#	CIPO000254402

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