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Alan Watts

Alan Watts este cunoscut mai ales pentru The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts și Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life. Alan Watts s-a născut pe 6 ianuarie 1915. Alan Watts a murit pe 16 noiembrie 1973, la vârsta de 58 ani.

Născut: 6 ianuarie 1915
Locul nașterii: Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Decedat: 16 noiembrie 1973 (58 ani)

Biografie

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.