The Zen Master Socrates

• Authors: Ożóg Tadeusz Adam
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In intercultural comparative studies there is a tendency to emphasize differences in the development of solutions to similar problems; but in this short article I am trying to present a stand, where the actual pursuit of truth based on the innermost experience of our lives transcends the limitations of a particular culture, and enables us to benefit; not from the alterity of different forms, but the unity of genuine philosophical endeavor. Based on that, we may notice an alternative; such that instead of westernizing Zen, we may as well try to understand and follow Socrates; a great master who we already have in our tradition; to help us appreciate what genuine Zen is about.

Keywords

EN

SOCRATES; ZEN; TRUTH; LIMITATIONS OF CULTURE

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
• Journal: IDEA. Studia nad strukturą i rozwojem pojęć filozoficznych
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 233-254

Contributors

author

Ożóg Tadeusz Adam

• dr Tadeusz Adam Ożóg, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan