- Zen Buddhism, Bouddhisme zen, Essence, esprit, nature, Essence, genius, nature
An introduction to the philosophy of Zen, its Buddhist and Taoist origins, and its main principles.
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Warm, character-led, cool and spare.
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Alan Watts
- First published
- April 15, 1989
- Pages
- 245
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam~trade, Penguin, Vintage
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- French, tur, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780375705106
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“Zen Buddhism is a way and a view of life which does not belong to any of the formal categories of modern Western thought.”
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.
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