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Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times

By (author) Stephen Batchelor

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A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time Â The Buddhaâ€™s revolutionary teachings transformed Asia, and his contemporary Socrates laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Although they never met, Socrates and the Buddha each addressed in a radically new and surprisingly similar way the core questions of how to lead a good, just, and dignified life amid turbulence and violence. Common to their teachings was an ethics of uncertainty: both refused to make truth claims about the ultimate nature of reality, insisting on the primacy of critical selfâ€‘evaluation as the basis of an ethical life. Â In this illuminating book, best-selling author Stephen Batchelor explores the philosophical, social, and political worlds of the Buddha and Socrates, showing how their teachings continue to provide lessons in how to lead a flourishing and engaged life. Keenly aware of the fickle and conflicted nature of the human mind, Gotama and Socrates inspired their followers to act with humility and courage, risk and resolve, doubt and confidence. Drawing on their insights, and those of their followers, Batchelor uncovers a middle way between Buddhist dharma and Greek philosophy that can serve as a starting point for a â€œsecular faithâ€ that addresses the most pressing spiritual and planetary issues of our age.

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