PHI 5341 Asian Thought

A study of three leading traditions of Asian thought: Hinduism, Chinese thought and Buddhism. Texts selected from Hinduism may include the Rig Veda, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita; from Chinese thought works of Confucius, Mencius, Lao-tzu; and from Buddhism selections from the Hinayana and Mahanaya traditions. The role of Asian thought in thinkers like Nietzsche and Heidegger.