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Title: The work of the Open Court Publishing Co. : an illustrated catalogue of its publications covering a period of twenty-one years (1887-1907) consisting of a complete book list with brief characterizatiion of authors and contents, including also a selection of noteworthy articles from the Monist and the Open court
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Open Court Publishing Company. Chicago
Subjects: Philosophy Catalogs, Publishers' -- United States
Publisher: Chicago
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ves ample opportunity in discussionand incident to explain and illustrate some of the cardinalpoints of Buddhism, especially in regard to the way of salva-tion and the God-conception represented by Amitabha Buddha,the Source of Infinite Light and the Standard of Being, asdistinct from the Brahman idea of a conscious personal deity. The book is in an edition approximately uniform with Nirvanaand contains a few explanatory notes and references in the back.The lettering on the brown board covers is in imitation of Sans-krit characters and the decoration is a detail from the frontis-piece of the book. This frontispiece is a reproduction of astatue found at Gandhara, which is supposed to be the oldestBuddhist statue now in existence. It is especially appropriateto accompany the story of Amitabha, for it represents theinfluence of the Greek sculptors who in Kanishkas reignflocked to Gandhara, transplanting the art of their home tothe soil of India. 32 THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO., CHICAGO.
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THE BUDDHA OF GANDHARA.Reduced to form frontispiece of Caruss Amitabha. 33 THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO., CHICAGO. CHINA, ITS PHILOSOPHY, LIFE AND NOTA-BLE LITERATURE. Chinese Philosophy. Ilciiii; ail Ilxpositioii of the Main Characteristic l-eaturcs ofChinese Thought. I5y Dr. Paul Cakus. Pages, 62. Numer-ous diagrams, native characters and illustrations. Paper, 25cents. (Is. 6d.) It is a sketch, not an exhaustive treatise, and still less a historyof Chinese philosophy. It purports to serve as an introductionto the intricacies of typically Chinese notions, explaining theirS)mbols and revealing their masteries in terse and intelligiblelanguage. The brevity is intentional, for the essay is meant togive a birds-eye view of the Chinese world-conception. Whileappreciating the remarkable genius exiiibited by the foundersof the Chinese civilization, the author points out the foibles ofthe Chinese and traces them to their source. It is noteworthythat in spite of its candid and unreserved crit

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