Alan W. Watts vs. Oscar Wilde
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alan W. Watts
1915 – 1973
Philosophy
United States
Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.
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"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."
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Oscar Wilde
1854 – 1900
Literature
France
Aestheticism
Oscar Wilde (1854) was an Irish poet and playwright known for his wit, his plays, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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"The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play."
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Connections
Oscar Wilde was influenced by Alan W. Watts
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