Alan Wilson Watts

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born

January 06, 1915 in Chislehurst, The United Kingdom

died

November 16, 1973

gender

male

website

http://www.alanwatts.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, speaker, who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity. Famous for his research on comparative religion, he was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience.

He wrote more than 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. In his books he relates his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religion and philosophy.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 9511 ratings · 637 reviews · 120 distinct works

	The Way of Zen 407 avg rating — 2310 ratings — published 1957 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are 426 avg rating — 1983 ratings — published 1966 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Wisdom of Insecurity 423 avg rating — 1068 ratings — published 1951 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan Wilson Watts, Lee Chih-chang (Illustrator) 414 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	My rating:
	This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience 415 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1960 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Nature, Man and Woman 400 avg rating — 315 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown 424 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Does It Matter? 397 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1958 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Become What You Are by Alan Wilson Watts, Mark Watts (Editor) 411 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1955 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Psychotherapy East and West 391 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions	My rating:

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“The menu is not the meal.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

tags: language , metaphysics , names , nominalism , philosophy , power-of-words

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“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

tags: process , time

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“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

tags: civilization , culture , names , power-of-words , responsibility , wisdom

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