Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) was an Indian statesman, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion and philosophy. He was India’s second president and his academic appointments included the Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford. His many books included An Idealist View of Life. Charles A. Moore (1901–1967), an American philosopher and historian, was professor of philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i. He founded and edited the journal Philosophy East and West.
"This book . . . is not only for the Western student, but for all of us who must gauge our impacted twentieth-century world and find our path in its confusion."—New York Times