%0 Book %A Adrián Slavkovský %D 2016 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 2366-2697 %@ 9783653066548 %T Indian and Chinese Philosophy %R 10.3726/978-3-653-06654-8 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1050475 %X This textbook offers a brief overview of the main philosophical schools of the two most significant cultures in ancient Asia, from where these thoughts have spread widely – it concerns ancient India and China. Most important philosophical concepts of that region like holistic or ceremonial approach to reality, openness to transcendence, pluralism of opinions, behaviour leading by a sense of harmony are somehow complementary to our prevailing contemporary Western thought. Therefore they can be enriching and balancing for us and our culture. %K Eastern Philosophy, harmony, holistic, transcendence %G English