Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Going beyond the Visible: Zhuangzi and the Upanis.ads; Chapter 2 Appearance and Reality: Parmenides, Shankara, and Spinoza; Chapter 3 Metaphysics and Morality: Zhu Xi, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus; Chapter 4 Indeterminacy and Moral Action: Laozi and Heraclitus; Chapter 5 Virtue Is Knowledge: Socrates and Wang Yangming; Chapter 6 The Ethical Mean: Confucius and Plato; Chapter 7 Nonviolent Warriors: The Bhagavad Gita and Marcus Aurelius; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.