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Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.

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English writer and lecturer (1915–1973)

Born 1915
Died 1973

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  • Cover of: The way of Zen.
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  • Cover of: The wisdom of insecurity.: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
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  • Cover of: The Spirit of Zen: A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East (Evergreen Book,)
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  • Cover of: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
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  • Cover of: Psychotherapy, East and West
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  • Cover of: The supreme identity: an essay on Oriental metaphysic and the Christian religion
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  • Cover of: Myth and ritual in Christianity
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  • Cover of: Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity

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  • Cover of: This is it: and other essays
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  • Cover of: Tao: the watercourse way
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  • Cover of: The meaning of happiness: the quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology and the wisdom of the East

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  • Cover of: Does it matter?: Essays on man's relation to materiality
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    First published in 1970 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The Tao of Philosophy

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  • Cover of: Beyond theology: the art of Godmanship
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  • Cover of: Behold the spirit: a study in the necessity of mystical religion
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  • Cover of: The joyous cosmology: adventures in the chemistry of consciousness
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  • Cover of: In my own way: an autobiography, 1915-1965
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  • Cover of: Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
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    First published in 2000 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Myth and religion: the edited transcripts.
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    First published in 1996 — 6 editions
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Photo of Alan Watts

English writer and lecturer (1915–1973)

Born 1915
Died 1973

Subjects

Zen Buddhism, Philosophy, Religion, Buddhism, Asian Philosophy, Taoism, Christianity and other religions, Mysticism, Meditation, Philosophie, Religious aspects, Spirituality, Comparative Philosophy, Consciousness, East and West, Essence, genius, nature, Human beings, Zen buddhism, Addresses, essays, lectures, Buddhist philosophy, Ethics, Hallucinogenic drugs, Oriental Philosophy, Philosophy, comparative, Psychotherapy

Places

Asia, China, Japan, United States, East and West, England, London, Orient et Occident

People

Alan Watts (1915-1973), $7.9510 Alan Watts (1915-1973), Alan Watts, C. G. Jung (1875-1961)

Time

20th century, 1960-, Civilization, Materialism, Philosophy, Society

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Alternative names

  • Alan Wilson Watts, Alan W. Watts,
  • Alan W. Watts

History

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March 20, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
March 20, 2022 Edited by Duncan Williamson Added other name which this author goes by: Alan W. Watts
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import