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Indian philosophy : a very short introduction

Author: Sue Hamilton
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series: Very short introductions.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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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.
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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 that are also an important part of the Western philosophical tradition.

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