Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
Philosopher |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
The Beat Generation
Hippie Movement |
| gptkbp:born |
January 6, 1915
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Mark_Watts
gptkb:Tamara_Watts gptkb:Anne_Watts |
| gptkbp:class |
Philosophy
Taoism Zen Buddhism |
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
New Age movement
Popularization of Eastern philosophy |
| gptkbp:died |
November 16, 1973
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"You are the dance, the dancer, and the dance."
"You are the universe experiencing itself." "The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless." "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." "Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." "Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had." "We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree." |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Alan Watts
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Counterculture of the 1960s
Transcendental Meditation |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Jiddu_Krishnamurti
gptkb:Carl_Jung gptkb:Alan_Turing gptkb:Henry_Miller D.T. Suzuki Eastern_philosophy |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Interpreting_and_popularizing_Eastern_philosophy_for_a_Western_audience
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| gptkbp:legacy |
Influence on literature
Influence on modern spirituality Influence on art Influence on philosophy Influence on psychotherapy |
| gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:California
gptkb:United_Kingdom |
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
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| gptkbp:research |
Philosophy
Psychology Theology |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Mary_Jane_Yates
Catherine_Watts |
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:The_Way_of_Zen
The Wisdom of Insecurity Become What You Are The_Book:_On_the_Taboo_Against_Knowing_Who_You_Are |