Part 1. The emergence of global first philosophy prologue: Quest for the missing grammar of global logos -- Part 2. Explorations in global first philosophy introduction: Entering the space of global first philosophy -- The quest for the universal global science -- Logos as the infinite primal word: the global essence of language -- Logos and the global mind: the awakening story -- The emergence of logos in classical Greek thought -- Logos and the dialogical turn: dialogical awakening in the global evolution of cultures -- The continuing quest for primal knowledge -- Logos as the foundation of global ethics: dialogical awakening as the key to global ethics -- Meditative reason and the holistic turn to global philosophy prologue -- Meditative reason and the missing logic of logos -- Logos of Tao: the primal logic of translability -- Nagarjuna and the end of global suffering