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✮中華經濟研究院特約研究員 吳惠林 專文導讀✮經濟學巨擘米塞斯最鮮為人知的大作，重要性絕不亞於《人的行為》！研究歷史有很多重要的理由。它不僅提供擬定政治決策時不可或缺的知識。它還打開人的心房，迎向了解人的天性與天命。它增加智慧。它是遭到許多誤解的博雅教育的真正本質。它是通向人文主義修養的最重要途徑。本書論述了人的行為科學中的歷史學以及歷史知識的性質和研究方法。為什麼我們需要研究歷史，而歷史又如何讓人明智又持重呢？「如果個人所面對的情況不能用自然科學的方法充分加以描述，向歷史求助便不可避免」；「對於現在狀況的分析，沒有非歷史分析這種事。對現狀的審視與描述，必然是一個關於過去的歷史記述」；「在人間世事的領域，要知道某一件事情，就必須熟悉它是如何發展而來的」。米塞斯論述於五十年前的哲理，而今仍然受用，可見一個人若有特別睿智的思想，即使不被當代理解，其智慧的光輝，仍可以使之流傳於世，甚至為後人所處的紛亂社會，留下一盞不滅的火光，讓當今明智的有志之士，能有所依歸。

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Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with particular focus on the development of yogic and tantric traditions. It assesses how much we really know about this period, and asks what sense we can make of the evolution of yogic and tantric practices, which were to become such central and important features of the Indic religious scene. Its originality lies in seeking to understand these traditions in terms of the total social and religious context of South Asian society during this period, including the religious practices of the general population with their close engagement with family, gender, economic life and other pragmatic concerns.

Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with particular focus on the development of yogic and tantric traditions. It assesses how much we really know about this period, and asks what sense we can make of the evolution of yogic and tantric practices, which were to become such central and important features of the Indic religious scene. Its originality lies in seeking to understand these traditions in terms of the total social and religious context of South Asian society during this period, including the religious practices of the general population with their close engagement with family, gender, economic life and other pragmatic concerns.