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Asian philosophies & traditions

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This broad geographic section currently includes Okakura’s writing on tea and aesthetics in its Japanese setting.

Aesthetics

Inquiry into art, beauty, and the experience of attending to them.

Tea and everyday practice

In Okakura’s writing, tea becomes a way to consider attention and the place of art in everyday life.

يكمن فنّ الحياة في إعادة التكيّف مع ما يحيط بنا.

كتاب الشاي · فصل «الطاوية والزن» · 1906

ترجمة عربية تحريرية عن النص الإنجليزي الأصلي