William S. Cobb

William S. Cobb is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He is certified by the Nihon Kiin (Japanese Go Association) as an International Go Instructor. This is an adaptation of an article that originally appeared in The Eastern Buddhist. The American Go Association maintains a website at www.usgo.org.

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The Game of Go

Can a board game teach the principles of impermanence, interdependence, compassion, and no-self?

By William S. Cobb

Spring 1999

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