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In My Own Way

Alan Watts

  • 400 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1972
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

Alan Watts was a philosopher, lecturer and the West's foremost popularizir of Asian religion & philosophy. This autobiography tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to challenge convention and think for themselves.

  • Biography
  • Philosophers
  • Zen Buddhists

2 About Alan Watts

1915–1973

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. Watts gained a following while working as a volunteer programmer at the KPFA radio station in Berkeley, California.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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