The Buddha’s True Revolution

The Buddha’s true revolution was to turn our attention from cosmic speculation to the analysis of human experience

Image: The Buddha. Gouache. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Siddhārtha Gautama, more often simply known as “the Buddha,” was one of history’s most influential philosophers. Despite this influence, we know very little for certain about his life. And yet, this historically obscure…