Nietzsche and the Buddha : different lives, same ideas (how Nietzsche may yet become the West's own Buddha) /

This book examines Nietzsche's own claim that he is the 'Buddha of the West.' A close reading of his texts shows substantial similarities with the Buddha's teachings, suggesting a potential basis and a potentially promising future for a Western Buddhism that would be based on Nie...

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Main Author:	Chapelle, Daniel, 1951- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2020]
Subjects:	Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900. Gautama Buddha. Buddhism > Doctrines. Buddhist philosophy. Philosophy and religion. Philosophy, Comparative.