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293 pages 24 cm I have at least learned that Zen "does not depend on words and letters," since it is "a special transmission outside the scriptures"; also that it is not necessary to attain or accept all that Zen is, or is said to be, in order to benefit from it. --Foreword Includes bibliographical references America and zen -- The pursuit of happiness -- From Hume to Paine to revolution -- Jefferson and freedom -- Emerson: American bodhisattva -- Thoreau: Taoist in America -- Whitman on democracy and death -- The elder Henry Jame and equality -- William James in quest of the self -- Peirce and the use of signs -- Royce and the absolute -- Santayana and detachment -- Dewey and zen -- China and Chicago -- Mead: no self is separate

Author

Ames, Van Meter, 1898-1984

Publisher

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press

Published

1962

Language

EN