Nobility and CivilityHarvard University Press, 15. okt 2004 - 256 pages Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? |
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... truth . 11. " It is truth and truth alone that both gods and seers hold in esteem , for the man who tells the truth in this world will attain the highest abode . 12. “ As from a serpent do people recoil from a man who speaks falsely . Truth ...
... truth and ever attend on him . Let a man then devote himself to truth alone . 23. " What you consider the best course is in fact ignoble ; the statements you make urging me to ' do what is good for me ' are mere sophistry . 24. " I have ...
... truth ( tathatā ) transcends form , but only by means of form can it be understood . Mis- takes will be made in the effort to point at the truth , for there is no clearly defined method of teaching , but even when art does not excite ...
Contents
The Noble Paths of Buddha and Rama | 13 |
Buddhist Spirituality and Chinese Civility | 44 |
Shōtokus Constitution and the Civil | 63 |
Copyright | |
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