Buddha Socrates And Us - Stephen Batchelor

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 Timebatchelor Draws On A Different Tradition Of Doubtsocratic Questioningand Explores The Wisdom That Buddhist And Hellenistic Philosophy Might Us Today.ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show The Buddhas 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 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 Self-evaluation As The Basis Of An Ethical Life.