Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
A Religion, Hinduism, Buddhism book. This is an especially dense Very Short Introduction, compressing its vast field into...
India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status. 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. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and...
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The author wishes to demolish an old myth that the Indian tradition is 'mystical' and 'spiritual' in contrast to the Western 'logical' and 'rational' tradition. She is right to do so, as this is quite as patronizing to the Western religious traditions (whether Judaeo-Christian or pagan) as it is to the Indian philosophical ones, but... As someone who is not philosophically inclined, I find it very hard going to understand the larger issues of the book, much less the concepts that were specific to India. That being said, if I had to know about the topic in greater depth, I'd reread the book since it is a concise ("short" having some negative connotations that the entire... This is an especially dense Very Short Introduction, compressing its vast field into a 35,000-word neutron star of information. I found I had to take it slowly, despite the fact that the writing is clear and well-ordered. Hamilton takes the decision to leave most key terminology untranslated, a decision I approve of, but it does leave...
