Non European Philosophy?

[Unome]

In your opinion which philosophies/philosophers are comparable or surpass European philosophies/philosophers?

Just name a few off the top of your head…

[Pjeter Pan]

I took a philosophy class last semester. The philosopher we studied were all European and couple of white Americans. Confucius was mentioned once or twice

I'm sure there's a bunch of Asian philosophers. I just don't know them

[Yehiel]

Maimonides

[Selurong]

Metaphysics - Zen school of Buddhism
Statecraft - Neo Confucian school of philosophy
Spirituality - Sufi mysticism

So much untapped wealth.

[arcticwolf]

Buddhism is the ultimate philosophy, but it's much more than philosophy. Taoism is worth mentioning, but it is more than philosophy.

As far as philosophers go, I don't think anyone has ever surpassed Socrates, he is the ultimate philosopher.

[arcticwolf]

Metaphysics - Zen school of Buddhism
Statecraft - Neo Confucian school of philosophy
Spirituality - Sufi mysticism

So much untapped wealth.

Define spirituality? What does that mean to you?

[Borna]

Immanuel Kant is greatest philosopher ever. No school of philosophy can be compared to him.

[Unome]

Yes Confucius and Buddha are very popular non-European philosophers… any others?

[Armand_Duval]

Nezahualcoyotl (Hungry Coyote) the poet king.

http://www.red-coral.net/Hungry.html

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/2...3%E2%80%931473

But there was one exception: a man with the tongue-twisting name of Nezahualcoyotl. (Approximate pronunciation: neza-howl-coyotl.) Luis Valdez, professor of Chicano studies at the University of California at Berkeley, describes Nezahualcoyotl as "a philosopher king, and one of the greatest poets America has ever produced." He was a man who appears almost a precursor of Frederick the Great -- a ruler-philosopher who found time to mingle intellectual pursuits with war and statecraft.

It is wothy you take a look at this:

http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=...20king&f=false

[Breedingvariety]

Philosophy in the most strict sense of the word is European phenomenon. Not because philosophy is ethnocentric or racist, simply because there were no real philosophers in the most strict sense of the word of other than European origin.