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I wish to thank my advisory editors – John Beversluis of Butler University, David Blumenfeld of Georgia State University, David Cooper of the University of Durham, Grant Luckhardt of Georgia State University, Andrew Reck of Tulane University, and William Schroeder of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – for their invaluable advice in identifying the major thinkers to be included in this book and for their assistance in the editing of many of the essays. Eliot Deutsch also provided helpful information about the list of Indian thinkers. A special word of thanks goes to John Beversluis for his beyond-the-call-of-duty editorial assistance and to David Cooper for coming to the rescue with a last minute essay. Many of my colleagues in the Department of Philosophy at Georgia State University gave me helpful suggestions. Jon Herman was particularly helpful with the essays on the Chinese philosophers. The completion of this project would have been impossible without the unflagging and enterprising assistance of Ellen Logan, the Office Manager in the Georgia State University Philosophy Department. I am especially indebted to her. Andrea Georgalis, Nikki Heise, and other members of the staff at Georgia State University also provided valuable help with the project. Kenny Smith, a graduate research assistant in philosophy, assisted me in invaluable ways in preparing the final draft ... log in or subscribe to read full text