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Alan W. Watts

Born

in Chislehurst, The United Kingdom

January 06, 1915

Died

November 16, 1973

Website

http://www.alanwatts.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

D.T. Suzuki, G.K. Chesterton, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi ...more

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Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker, who held both a Master's 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 over 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, the 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. ...more

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	The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety 4.16 avg rating — 24,412 ratings — published 1951 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are 4.22 avg rating — 22,000 ratings — published 1966 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way of Zen 4.17 avg rating — 21,159 ratings — published 1957 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan W. Watts, Al Chung-Liang Huang (Collaborator), Lee Chih-chang (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6,083 ratings — published 1975 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Become What You Are by Alan W. Watts, Mark Watts (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 4,968 ratings — published 1955 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Your Mind 4.43 avg rating — 3,913 ratings — published 1998 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience 4.28 avg rating — 2,981 ratings — published 1960 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation by Alan W. Watts, Mark Watts (Compiler) 4.07 avg rating — 2,293 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature, Man and Woman 4.17 avg rating — 1,568 ratings — published 1958 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan W. Watts, Timothy Leary (Foreword), Richard Alpert (Foreword) 4.26 avg rating — 1,414 ratings — published 1962 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
― Alan Watts

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“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

tags: buddhism, metaphysics, philosophy, religion, tao, taoism, theology, zen

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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 Watts

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

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