SPINOZA AND BUDDHA. By S. M. Melamed. 382 pp. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. $3.
By Odell Shepard
July 8, 1934
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THE central idea of this extraordinary book is that two types of religion, the Judaic and the Buddhistic, have contended for mastery in the world since ancient times, and that, upon the whole, the latter has triumphed. Dr. Melamed sees both Jesus and Spinoza throwing the weight of their enormous influence on the side of Buddhism and against the religious traditions of their race. VIEW FULL ARTICLE IN TIMESMACHINE »
