The Dhammapada: Buddhist Philosophy
There are a number of English translations of The Dhammapada, but this version by Irving Babbitt, for many years professor at Harvard and founder, with Paul Elmer More, of the movement known as New Humanism, concentrates on the profound poetic quality of the verses and conveys, perhaps more than any other, much of the vitality of the original Pali text. Babbitt devoted many years to this translation--it was a labor of love. Together with his essay on Buddha and the Occident, which is also included in this edition, The Dhammapada was one of the basic components of his view of world history, a view which has influenced leaders of thought as div…
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Weitere Autoren: Babbitt, Irving (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-0004-2
- EAN: 9780811200042
- Produktnummer: 9133844
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1965
- Seitenangabe: 134 S.
- Masse: H20.2 cm x B13.3 cm x D0.9 cm 141 g
- Auflage: Revised
- Gewicht: 141
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Founder of Buddhism, fourth century B.C.E.
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