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Alan Watts

Alan Watts è noto soprattutto per The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts e Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Alan Watts è nato il 6 gennaio 1915. Alan Watts è morto/a il 16 novembre 1973 all’età di 58 anni.

Nascita: 6 gennaio 1915
Luogo di nascita: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Morte: 16 novembre 1973 (58 anni)

Biografia

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.