Thinkers of the East by Idries Shah

Thinkers of the East by Idries Shah

Thinkers of the East is a collection of entertaining anecdotes and 'parables in action' illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical - and it is this characteristic of Sufic study which provides its impact and vitality. The emphasis of Thinkers of the East contrasts sharply with the Western concept of the East as a place of theory without practice, or thought without action. Idries Shah says, 'Without direct experience of such teaching, or at least a direct recording of it, I cannot see how Eastern thought can ever be understood'.

Details

• First edition, third impression 1986
• Hardcover with dust-jacket (very good, has light wear and tear on the top and bottom of the jacket) beige/brown cloth book with gilded letters on the spine. 
• Condition: Very good, no notes/stamps, spine is tight and neat
  
• ISBN: 0900860464
• Publisher: The Octagon Press