Zen and Western Philosophy

<p><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Zen and Western Philosophy</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> takes a novel approach to philosophy. The book's goal is to </span>capture the body of thought called Western philosophy with an Eastern net-<em>Zen</em> as embodied in <em>haiku</em>. The book offers profiles of 139 Western philosophers by using a traditional three-line haiku format of 5-7-5 syllables in order to capture each philosopher's ideas in a manner that is both concise and playful. </p><p><br></p><p>Simply put the book's purpose design and structure is    </p><p><br></p><p><strong>A parallax view</strong></p><p><strong>of Western philosophy</strong></p><p><strong>through an Eastern lens.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's a difficult task to capture a philosopher's ideas in a mere 17 syllables.  While the 139 haikus will reinforce for the reader the ideas of famous philosophers perhaps also readers will be inspired create their own creative philosophical haiku.</span></p>