Twelve World Teachers: A Summary of Their Lives and Teachings - Softcover

Hall, Manly P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0893148164 ISBN 13: 9780893148164

Publisher: Philosophical Research Society, 2009

Synopsis

An illustrated summary of the lives and the philosophies of twelve teachers who possessed in fullest measure those intellectual virtues which sustain civilization. Prophets in their own time, their inspiration led others to more enlightened codes of living. The twelve are: Akhenaten Lao-tse Hermes Trismegistus

Plato Orpheus Jesus Zoroaster Mohammed Buddha Padmasambhava Confucius Quetzalcoatl

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Philosophical Research Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1934 for the purpose of assisting thoughtful persons to live more graciously and constructively in a confused and troubled world. The Society is entirely free from educational, political, or ecclesiastical control. Dedicated to an idealistic approach to the solution of human problems, the Society's program stresses the need for the integration of religion, philosophy, and the science of psychology into one system of instruction. The goal of this instruction is to enable the individual to develop a mature philosophy of life, to recognize his proper responsibilities and opportunities, and to understand and appreciate his place in the unfolding universal pattern.

About the Author:

Manly P. Hall was the founder of the Philosophical Research Society. In over seventy-five years of dynamic public activity, he delivered more than 8,000 lectures in the United States and abroad, and authored countless books, essays, and articles. In his lectures and writings, Manly Hall always emphasized the practical aspects of philosophy and religion as they applied to daily living. He restated for modern man those spiritual and ethical doctrines which have given humanity its noblest ideals and most adequate codes of conduct. Believing that philosophy is a working tool to help the individual in building a solid foundation for his dreams and purposes, Manly Hall steadfastly sought recognition of the belief that world civilization can be perfected only when human beings meet on a common ground of intelligence, cooperation, and worthy purpose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Philosophical Research Society
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0893148164
• ISBN 13: 9780893148164
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5