Date : 2001
Editeur / Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press , cop. 2001
Type : Livre / Book
Langue / Language : anglais / English
ISBN : 0-19-285374-0
ISBN : 978-0-19-285374-5
EAN : 9780192853745
Collection : Very short introductions / Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1995-
Résumé / Abstract : 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