Maciej St. Ziêba - Philosophy - Theology - Religion/Spirituality

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Expert Profile: Maciej St. Ziêba

Expertise: I can answer questions concerning Eastern (Oriental) philosophies and philosophers (Indian, Tibetan, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese: Hinduist, Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist and other; alas not Islamic or Jewish) - both in terms of notions and facts (history of their development). I can write in English, French, Esperanto, Polish and Russian, German, Dutch and Norwegian. I can also understand questions in Spanish and Italian.

Experience in the area
I have been teaching Indian and Chinese philosophies since 1987 and in 2000 I started a project on Oriental philosophies within the scope of the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii) published in Polish by SITA-PL (7 volumes, A-Pan, published 2000-2006, containing ca. 300 entries in Eastern philosophies, written by a team of a dozen of Polish scholars).

Organizations
The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland, History of Philosophy Department

Publications
Several publications in Polish; in English: The Origin of the World according to Rigveda (Montreal 1996), Contributions to the History of the Buddhist Classifications of Dharmas: Pancavastuka of Vasumitra (Bulletin, Polish Institute and Library, Montreal 1997)

Education/Credentials
philosophy (KUL, Lublin, 1976-81); M.A. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1981); Ph.D. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1989); other studies: Indian and Chinese philosophies (Institut Catholique, Paris, 1985-6); Tibetan language (INALCO, Paris, 1985-6); Chinese language (McGill University, Montreal, 1995-7)

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What do you like about this subject? Philo-sophy (love of wisdom),in Chinese zhe-xue (the learning of the wise),in Sanskrit darshana (wise vision) -what else can you expect better from life than to be wise? To understand life, world, oneself -is only human. To try to understand them the way they are understood by those who seem to be different from ourselves -is to widen your culture.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I hope to widen my knowledge of those areas of Eastern philosophies that are almost unknown (as Thai or Burmese) or little explored so far (as Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian).

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: If you find fascinating following the ways other men interprete the world, here (in the "East") you'll find a mine of fresh, wonderful, interesting, inspiring views.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject 1.Philosophy is teaching YOU think independently. That's why sometimes I do not answer your question directly but rather force you to find out the answer by and in yourself. 2.Contrary to Kipling's: "East is East - and West is West, and twain will never meet", the more you know them the more you find out that neither East is only East nor West is only West - there is a plurality everywhere.

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User Comments

Thank-you Dr. St. Zieba. We academics have an annoying habit, don't we, of making apparently simple questions quite confusing? I heard Dr. John
(Barry Cull on 04/18/07)

Thank you! Much appreciated!!
(Aaron on 02/12/07)

Serdecznie dziekuje za odpowiedz, a takze za przeslany mi artykul! Pozdrawiam.
(Lucas on 01/14/07)

Thank you for your patience....really...because I heard some philosophy really have same concept as the Matrix...so I get a little worry...anyway than
(Rambo on 12/18/06)

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Recent Answers from Maciej St. Ziêba

2008-03-12 zen story: Dear Taber, I didn't really have time to look in the books, but looking in the Internet I have found thet there are more then 114 000 answers for "nose and zen master". see: http://www.google.pl/search?num=100&hl=en&q=nose+%28Zen+OR+Chan+OR+Ch%27an%29+ma...

2008-03-08 zen story: Hi Taber, Yes there are several like this, but I'll have to looke for then either in Hekiganroku (or Biyanlu or Blue Cliff Records) or in Mumonkan (or Wumenguan or Gatelessgate) or elese another collection...

2008-01-21 relegon: Dear Mandy Practically - almost nothing. Except for the fact that they are religions. They differ in: - worldview as a basis for the religious practice (whether the world was created or not; what...

2007-05-18 Advice: Dear Dansa, My opinion on cursing is negative. Cursing does not solve anything - it only introduces more negative emotions between two people and does not solve the problem at all. Some people say that...

2007-04-21 consciousness: Hi Ketan Sorry, I not well versed in the theories of Aurobindo Ghosh. He was such a prolific writer - and his theories never really appealed to me. So I am not sure if I know what he intended to say...