{"product_id":"sacred-writings-charles-w-eliot-9781596054745","title":"Sacred Writings: Volume II","description":"And the god Mara, mounting his elephant, which was a hundred and fifty leagues high, and had the name \"Girded-with-mountains,\" caused a thousand arms to appear on his body, and with these he grasped a variety of weapons. Also in the remainder of that army, no two persons carried the same weapon; and diverse also in their appearance and countenances, the host swept on like a flood to overwhelm the Great Being. -from \"The Attainment of Buddhaship\" The preeminent American educator of the 19th century, CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926) believed that a sound liberal education could be achieved not through textbooks but by exploring firsthand the great books and great ideas of Western civilization. (Eliot knew a good education when he saw one: during his time as president of Harvard University, from 1869 till 1909, he transformed the school from a regional college to the preeminent educational institution in the United States.) In this 1910 collection-part of his 50-volume Harvard Classics, his dream library at the foundation of enlightened scholarship-Eliot gathers the great writings of the world's dominant religions. As the faithful read them, examine: . the letters of Paul to the Corinthians, from the Bible . hymns of the Christian Church . the story of the Buddha . Buddhist doctrine on the ego, karma, purity, and the attainment of nirvana . the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita . and chapters from the Koran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles W. Eliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596054743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596054745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.18d","brand":"Charles W. Eliot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965828415743,"sku":"9781596054745","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7336dc67-b730-4d92-93e6-ee6956dcebcb.jpg?v=1767285111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sacred-writings-charles-w-eliot-9781596054745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}