Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thou

C. Ram-Prasad (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

259 Seiten

2001 | 1st ed. 2001
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-42534-1 (ISBN)

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Classical Indian schools of philosophy undertake major debates on a variety of issues with the formal aim of attaining a supreme end to existence - liberation from the cycle of lives. This book looks at four conceptions of liberation and the way analytic inquiry and philosophical knowledge are held to lead in its attainment. The central motivation of Indian philosophy - the quest for the Highest Good - is recognised but also situated in the rigorous and analytic philosophical activity of these thinkers.

CHAKRAVARTHI RAM-PRASAD is a Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He is the author of many articles on Indian metaphysics and epistemology, religion and politics, and classical Hinduism.

Introduction Bhatta Mimamsa: Action, the Sacred Texts and the End of Action Nyaya: Suffering, Detachment and Peace Yogacara-Madhyamika: Conceptualisation, Insight and Pure Cognition Advaita: Radical Misunderstanding and De-Individuation of Consciousness Concluding Summary Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Library of Philosophy and Religion
Zusatzinfo	X, 259 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Schlagworte	Bibliography • Cognition • Concept • Consciousness • India • Indian • Inquiry • Knowledge • Peace • Philosophy • sacred text • Understanding
ISBN-10	1-349-42534-6 / 1349425346
ISBN-13	978-1-349-42534-1 / 9781349425341
Zustand	Neuware