Wisdoms of Humanity

Daniel Dubuisson (1)

1 IRHiS - Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529

Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores these wisdoms into their fascinating and vigorous personality. Because they reject the marvelous, display resolute ethics and highly efficient mental techniques, they deserve to be considered one of the major conquests of humanity. Thanks to them, and to the lucid look they incited men to cast upon themselves, the latter discovered the means to strenghten their personality and stand up to the ordeals of this life. It may lie within this brave acceptance of their condition the highest proof of humanity one might imagine.

Mots clés: Wisdom; religion; buddhism; christianity; paganism

Domaines: Histoire; Religions; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Daniel Dubuisson. Wisdoms of Humanity: Buddhism Paganism and Christianity. Brill. Brill, pp.251, 2011, Numen n° 136. ⟨halshs-00624724⟩