But I'm very glad to see you finding the value in comparative philosophy and defending it. I've written a couple pieces putting the Zhuangzi in comparison recently, which you might be interested in:
Thank you for the welcome (genuinely--I always feel awkward intruding on established sub-disciplines). I look forward to reading all three of these pieces--great topics!
This is filled with fascinating insights Alex -- your next book, hopefully? While I always love to engage with what you think (in shorter versions lol) I haven't read your other books; this one I would read!
Thank you! Yes, my last Spinoza book did the Zhuangzi comparison a bit, but my next one will go much further with this. It’s also with a trade press rather than an academic press, so they insist on me writing in a way that is readable by humans.
Welcome to comparative philosophy! It is my life's work, and I'm pretty upset that the mainstream educated urban consensus now seems to agree with the white nationalists: https://loveofallwisdom.com/blog/2021/02/in-praise-of-cultural-appropriation/
But I'm very glad to see you finding the value in comparative philosophy and defending it. I've written a couple pieces putting the Zhuangzi in comparison recently, which you might be interested in:
https://loveofallwisdom.substack.com/p/finding-mysticism-in-unexpected-places
https://loveofallwisdom.substack.com/p/george-grant-daoist
Thank you for the welcome (genuinely--I always feel awkward intruding on established sub-disciplines). I look forward to reading all three of these pieces--great topics!
Please don't feel awkward - we need more people like you around!
This is filled with fascinating insights Alex -- your next book, hopefully? While I always love to engage with what you think (in shorter versions lol) I haven't read your other books; this one I would read!
Thank you! Yes, my last Spinoza book did the Zhuangzi comparison a bit, but my next one will go much further with this. It’s also with a trade press rather than an academic press, so they insist on me writing in a way that is readable by humans.