| Advaita Vedānta: A Philosophical Reconstruction Contributor(s): Deutsch, Eliot (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824802713 ISBN-13: 9780824802714 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181.482 |
| LCCN: 69019282 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Series: Studies in the Buddhist Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.35 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Advaita Vedānta is the most important philosophical system in India. It involves a discipline of spiritual experience as well as a technical philosophy, and since the time of Samkara in the ninth century some of the greatest intellects in India have contributed to its development. In his reconstruction of Advaita Vedānta, Eliot Deutsch has lifted the system out of its historical/cultural context and has concentrated attention on those ideas which have enduring philosophical value. He has sought to formulate systematically one's understanding of what is of universal philosophical interest in Vedantic thought. Professor Deutsch's work covers the basic metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical ideas of Vedānta. Students and scholars of Western as well as of Indian philosophy will be interested in the lucid, organized manner in which the material is presented and in the fresh interpretations given. The book is written in a critical rather than simply pious spirit and should thus also be of interest to anyone interested in deepening his or her appreciation and understanding of the richness of Indian thought. |