Being human in a Buddhist world: an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-0188-53-0188
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Empiricism and the Very Idea of "Buddhist Science." Commentary on Janet Gyatso, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Book Award ◽  
History Of

This paper is a commentary on Janet Gyatso's book, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet, presented at the Toshide Numata Book Award Symposium, University of California, Berkeley, October 28, 2016.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Randall
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Modern Conception ◽  
Political World ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Constitutional Thought

The changed conception of conversation that emerged by c.1700 was about to expand its scope enormously – to the broad culture of Enlightenment Europe, to the fine arts, to philosophy and into the broad political world, both via the conception of public opinion and via the constitutional thought of James Madison (1751–1836). In the Enlightenment, the early modern conception of conversation would expand into a whole wing of Enlightenment thought. The intellectual history of the heirs of Cicero and Petrarch would become the practice of millions and the constitutional architecture of a great republic....

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