[Buddha-l] neuroscience: neural plasticity

[Joy Vriens]

Joanna,

>I've always been interested in ideas of Nature cross-culturally, but note 
>that in this review (I haven't seen the book yet) Asian concepts of Nature, 
>and they had plenty of them from India's (Prakrti) to China's (?), aren't 
>covered. Wow--what a great research project that could be for someone's grad 
>students. 

Another 85 year old French philosopher that is on the top of my list, up there with Hadot, is Marcel Conche, who wrote extensively about nature/Nature. He even wrote a book in which he offers a oeucumenical philosophy of Nature that would be acceptable to all, unlike the God of monotheism which is a cultural object related to a specific culture. he also wrote a translation of the Tao Te Ching with his own hellenistic commentaries. One of his demerits is that he is a militant pacifist, which will probably make him less palatable to many of our transatlantic friends.

Joy