Comments on: How to Combine Eastern and Western Philosophy http://fourcultures.com/2008/12/27/how-to-combine-eastern-and-western-philosophy/ Cultural Theory and Society Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet… « Fourcultures http://fourcultures.com/2008/12/27/how-to-combine-eastern-and-western-philosophy/#comment-311 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:01:57 +0000 http://fourcultures.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-311 [...] has previously expressed frustration over the ubiquity of the fiction of ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ thought worlds. [...]

]]> By: fourcultures http://fourcultures.com/2008/12/27/how-to-combine-eastern-and-western-philosophy/#comment-95 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:13:56 +0000 http://fourcultures.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-95 Thanks, C. I couldn’t agree more. Years ago when I followed a religious studies university course in the UK it was Greek, Hebrew and Sanskrit for undergraduates. Pali seemed to be looked down on, and Tamil wasn’t mentioned. But spare a thought for Arabic – you could only learn that in the Department of Oriental Studies!

]]> By: thoughtdna http://fourcultures.com/2008/12/27/how-to-combine-eastern-and-western-philosophy/#comment-94 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:14:00 +0000 http://fourcultures.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-94 Hi,

Just browsing through blogs, ran in to this post. I like the topic. Being from India, and living now in the US , I am always comparing and contrasting my experiences here.

Just would like to mention one thing. Sanskrit usually hogs the limelight and gets associated with anything ancient in India. But, TAMIL is a classical language from South India that thrived along with if not before Sanskrit ever came ashore in India. There are plenty of superb literary texts in Tamil that get no attention here in the west.

You might already be aware of it but PBS has been showing a documentary the past weeks on Story of India – http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/. Good luck.

Regards,
–C

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