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| 0687-4482-01 | Aspects of Nothingness and Emptiness in Daoism and Buddhism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
The range of concepts between nothingness and emptiness has a central role in most Asian philosophies, religions, and aesthetic modes of thought. One can find these in most periods and in all the three large civilizations of Asia: India, China, and Japan. In the seminar we will explore these concepts as they appear in classic texts and modern philosophies.