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The author's analysis of the Indian worldview sets up a parallel between what he characterizes as Indians' atmalogy on the one hand and the ontology of the human self in phenomenology and existentialism on the other. This research presents a carefully argued case for the traditional holistic view of India's intellectual heritage. The major men and movements in Indian thought are related to the historical development of a singular underlying concern...
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This volume summarizes what we know of early Advaita Vedanta up to the Samkara's pupils, Suresvara, Padmapada, Totaka and Hanstamalaka. An analytical introduction by the editor introduces the reader to the concepts utilized by Gaudapada, Samkaracarya and mandana Misra in expounding and defending the Advaita view. This is followed by summaries of all the authentic Advaita works of these authors, together with those of Suresvara and Padmapada as well...
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India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millenia and encompassing several major religious traditions. Sue Hamilton explores how the traditions have attempted to understand the nature of reality in terms of inner or spiritual quest and introduces distinctively Indian concepts, such as karma and rebirth. She also explains how Indian thinkers have understood issues of reality and knowledge--issues...
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"This wide-ranging introduction to classical Indian philosophy is philosophically rigorous without being too technical for beginners. Through detailed explorations of the full range of Indian philosophical concerns, including some metaphilosophical issues, it provides readers with non-Western perspectives on central areas of philosophy, including epistemology, logic, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion. Chapters...
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Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both in the public sphere and in the Indian universities--played a central role in the emergence of a distinctively Indian modernity. This is also a history of Indian philosophy. It demonstrates how the development of a secular philosophical voice facilitated...
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Introduces the main schools of Hindu and Buddhist thought, emphasizing the living history of interaction and debate between the various traditions, while outlining the broad spectrum of Indian philosophical schools and questioning prevailing assumptions about the "mythical," ahistorical, and "theological" nature of Indian thought.
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