Eastern Influences on Western Philosophy: A Reader - Paperbackby A. L. Macfie (Editor) This Reader explores the extent of Oriental influence on European thought, primarily in the period of the Enlightenment and the nineteenth century period of doubt and scepticism that followed it. It is the first Reader to bring together in one place a series of specific historical and textual studies of Oriental influence upon European thinkers. Author Biography Alexander Lyon Macfie's publications include The Eastern Question