Indian philosophy and the consequences of knowledge : themes in ethics, metaphysics and soteriology /

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Author / Creator:Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi.
Imprint:Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196103
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ISBN:0754686760
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-168) and index.
English.
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Summary:This book presents a collection of essays, setting out both the special concern of classical Indian thought and some of its potential contributions to global philosophy. It presents some key arguments made by different schools about this special concern: the way in which attainment of knowledge of reality transforms human nature in a fundamentally liberating way. It then goes on to look in detail at two areas in contemporary global philosophy - the ethics of difference, and the metaphysics of consciousness - where this classical Indian commitment to the spiritually transformative power of know.
Other form:Print version: Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi. Indian philosophy and the consequences of knowledge. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2007 0754654567 9780754654568