W. Scott Morton
Many books have been written on philosophies and religions in the East and the West, I wanted to offer something of an overview, brief and easily understood so I chose dialogue form, between a retired professor and an ordinary student, The study had also to be compressed within reasonable limits and to my delight I realized that the lives of many great thinkers were to be found in the narrow compass of onlyyears, namelyB.
C. E. , known as the Axial Age, This period covered the lives of the Hebrew prophets, Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, the early figures in Daoism, and the leading Greeks, .