Overview
The Essential Alan Watts
Alan Watts (1915-1973) was one of the most widely read and listened to philosophers of the 20th century, and is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism. For more than forty years, Alan Watts earned a reputation as a foremost interpreter of Eastern philosophies for the West. Beginning at age sixteen, when he wrote essay for the journal of the Buddhist Lodge in London, he developed an audience of millions who were enriched through his books, tape recordings, radio, television, and public lectures. Alan Watts wrote more than twenty-five books and recorded hundreds of lectures and seminars, all building toward a philosophical perspective that he shared in complete candor and joy with his readers and listeners throughout the world.
