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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sue Hamilton |
| ISBN: | 0192853740 9780192853745 |
| OCLC Number: | 51850532 |
| Description: | 153 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Reason and belief : richness and diversity in Indian thought -- 2. The Brahmanical beginnings : sacrifice, cosmic speculation, oneness -- 3. Renouncing the household : the Buddha's middle way -- 4. Issues and justifications : language, grammar, and polemics -- 5. Categories and method : Vaiśeṣika and Nyāya -- 6. Things and no-things : developments in Buddhist thought -- 7. The witness and the watched : Yoga and Sāṃkhya -- 8. The word and the book : Bhartṛhari, Mīmāṃsā, and Vedānta. |
| Series Title: | Very short introductions. |
| Responsibility: | Sue Hamilton. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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 that are also an important part of the Western philosophical tradition.
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