Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts

By Alan W. Watts

Book by Watts, Alan, Snelling, John This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862042640
• ISBN13: 9781862042643
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent insight into Eastern Philosophy

Generally speaking, Alan Watts "did his own thing" with the themes and thoughts of Eastern philosophy, often in such a way that "square" Buddhists and others sought to distance himself from him. In this book, where most of the selections are taken from when he was still in his early twenties, he is seen engaging the ideas of Zen, Taoism, Krishnamurti and other topics, for the first time, in a way that is more orthdox, yet also contains his fresh insights. Also of interest is a section of political writings, since Watts is generally veiwed as apolitical.