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The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover): Andreas Lammer The Elements of Avicenna's Physics - Greek Sources and Arabic Innovations (Hardcover)
Andreas Lammer
R5,380 Discovery Miles 53 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the physical theory of the Islamic philosopher Avicenna (d. 1037). It seeks to understand his contribution against the developments within the preceding Greek and Arabic intellectual milieus, and to appreciate his philosophy as such by emphasising his independence as a critical and systematic thinker. Exploring Avicenna's method of "teaching and learning," it investigates the implications of his account of the natural body as a three-dimensionally extended composite of matter and form, and examines his views on nature as a principle of motion and his analysis of its relation to soul. Moreover, it demonstrates how Avicenna defends the Aristotelian conception of place against the strident criticism of his predecessors, among other things, by disproving the existence of void and space. Finally, it sheds new light on Avicenna's account of the essence and the existence of time. For the first time taking into account the entire range of Avicenna's major writings, this study fills a gap in our understanding both of the history of natural philosophy in general and of the philosophy of Avicenna in particular. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS - De Gruyter Prize (Kulturpreis Bayern) in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World and the Iran World Award for Book of the Year (2020).

Analytic Islamic Philosophy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017): Anthony Robert Booth Analytic Islamic Philosophy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Anthony Robert Booth
R2,193 Discovery Miles 21 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is an introduction to Islamic Philosophy, beginning with its Medieval inception, right through to its more contemporary incarnations. Using the language and conceptual apparatus of contemporary Anglo-American 'Analytic' philosophy, this book represents a novel and creative attempt to rejuvenate Islamic Philosophy for a modern audience. It adopts a 'rational reconstructive' approach to the history of philosophy by affording maximum hermeneutical priority to the strongest possible interpretation of a philosopher's arguments while also paying attention to the historical context in which they worked. The central canonical figures of Medieval Islamic Philosophy - al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Avicenna, al-Ghazali, Averroes - are presented chronologically along with an introduction to the central themes of Islamic theology and the Greek philosophical tradition they inherited. The book then briefly introduces what the author collectively refers to as the 'Pre-Modern' figures including Suhrawardi, Mulla Sadra, and Ibn Taymiyyah, and presents all of these thinkers, along with their Medieval predecessors, as forerunners to the more modern incarnation of Islamic Philosophy: Political Islam.

Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought - From the Late 13th to Early 21st Century (Paperback): Ann... Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought - From the Late 13th to Early 21st Century (Paperback)
Ann A Pang-White; Translated by Ann A Pang-White
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought gathers 40 original writings on women by 32 authors (many of whom are women) from the Yuan dynasty to the Republics, an important 700-year historical period during which women's learning in China blossomed as a result of economic prosperity, the development of commercial printing, and the interaction between East and West. Selections are made not only from canonical texts on women's virtues, but also from less orthodox literary works such as plays, poetry, novels, essays, and revolutionary writings that illuminate the lived experience of women and the perception of gender. With many texts translated into English for the first time, this reader provides the context needed to understand them. It features: - Chronologically organized readings in the sequence of the Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties, and the Republics to demonstrate historical progression of thought (or the lack of) - Introductions to each section and chapter covering essential information about the authors and the cultural, historical, and philosophical background to their work - A chronology of dynasties, Republics, key events, and a map Recovering discourse so often neglected in discussion of Chinese thought, this is the first collection to pay special attention to women-authored works from the late 13th to the early 21st century. By bringing these readings together in a single volume, it juxtaposes and compares female and male perspectives from the same time and creates a new narrative of Chinese philosophical thought.

Light On Yoga (Paperback, Revised edition): B. K. S. Iyengar Light On Yoga (Paperback, Revised edition)
B. K. S. Iyengar
R625 R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.

An Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Paperback, New title): Roy W. Perrett An Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Paperback, New title)
Roy W. Perrett
R1,011 Discovery Miles 10 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This wide-ranging introduction to classical Indian philosophy is philosophically rigorous without being too technical for beginners. Through detailed explorations of the full range of Indian philosophical concerns, including some metaphilosophical issues, it provides readers with non-Western perspectives on central areas of philosophy, including epistemology, logic, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion. Chapters are structured thematically, with each including suggestions for further reading. This provides readers with an informed overview whilst enabling them to focus on particular topics if needed. Translated Sanskrit texts are accompanied by authorial explanations and contextualisations, giving the reader an understanding of the argumentative context and philosophical style of Indian texts. A detailed glossary and a guide to Sanskrit pronunciation equip readers with the tools needed for reading and understanding Sanskrit terms and names. The book will be an essential resource for both beginners and advanced students of philosophy and Asian studies.

The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Adeshina Afolayan, Toyin Falola The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Adeshina Afolayan, Toyin Falola
R8,782 Discovery Miles 87 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This handbook investigates the current state and future possibilities of African Philosophy, as a discipline and as a practice, vis-a-vis the challenge of African development and Africa's place in a globalized, neoliberal capitalist economy. The volume offers a comprehensive survey of the philosophical enterprise in Africa, especially with reference to current discourses, arguments and new issues-feminism and gender, terrorism and fundamentalism, sexuality, development, identity, pedagogy and multidisciplinarity, etc.-that are significant for understanding how Africa can resume its arrested march towards decolonization and liberation.

The Chinese Philosophy of Fate (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Yixia Wei The Chinese Philosophy of Fate (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Yixia Wei
R2,465 Discovery Miles 24 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is based on the study of the traditional Chinese philosophy, and explores the relationship between philosophy and people's fate. The book points out that heaven is an eternal topic in Chinese philosophy. The concept of heaven contains religious implications and reflects the principles the Chinese people believed in and by which they govern their lives. The traditional Chinese philosophy of fate is conceptualized into the "unification of Heaven and man". Different interpretations of the inter-relationships between Heaven, man and their unification mark different schools of the traditional Chinese philosophy. This book identifies 14 different schools of theories in this regard. And by analyzing these schools and theories, it summarizes the basic characteristics of traditional Chinese philosophy, compares the Chinese philosophy of fate with the Western one, and discusses the relationship between philosophy and man's fate.

Confucianism and the Chinese Self - Re-examining Max Weber's China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Jack Barbalet Confucianism and the Chinese Self - Re-examining Max Weber's China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Jack Barbalet
R3,974 Discovery Miles 39 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Setting the context for the upheavals and transformations of contemporary China, this text provides a re-assessment of Max Weber's celebrated sociology of China. Returning to the sources drawn on by Weber in The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, it offers an informed account of the Chinese institutions discussed and a concise discussion of Weber's writings on 'the rise of modern capitalism'. Notably it subjects Weber's argument to critical scrutiny, arguing that he drew upon sources which infused the central European imagination of the time, constructing a sense of China in Europe, whilst European writers were constructing a particular image of imperial China and its Confucian framework. Re-examining Weber's discussion of the role of the individual in Confucian thought and the subordination, in China, of the interests of the individual to those of the political community and the ancestral clan, this book offers a cutting edge contribution to the continuing debate on Weber's RoC in East Asia today, against the background of the rise of modern capitalism in the "little dragons" of Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea, and the "big dragons" of Japan and the People's Republic of China.

Ma Theory and the Creative Management of Innovation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Mitsuru Kodama Ma Theory and the Creative Management of Innovation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Mitsuru Kodama
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on the core theoretical concept of "Ma thinking" - an idea that serves as springboard for the thoughts and actions of distinguished practitioners, innovators, and researchers. The theoretical and practical importance of the Ma concept in new innovation activities lies in the thinking and activities of the leading practitioners. However, there is little academic research clarifying these characteristic dynamic transition mechanisms and the synthesis of diverse paradoxes through recursive activities between formal and informal organizations to achieve integration of dissimilar knowledge.

The Discipline of Philosophy and the Invention of Modern Jewish Thought (Paperback): Willi Goetschel The Discipline of Philosophy and the Invention of Modern Jewish Thought (Paperback)
Willi Goetschel
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the subject of Jewish philosophy as a controversial construction site of the project of modernity, this book examines the implications of the different and often conflicting notions that drive the debate on the question of what Jewish philosophy is or could be. The idea of Jewish philosophy begs the question of philosophy as such. But "Jewish philosophy" does not just reflect what "philosophy" lacks. Rather, it challenges the project of philosophy itself. Examining the thought of Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Cohen Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, Margarete Susman, Hermann Levin Goldschmidt, and others, the book highlights how the most philosophic moments of their works are those in which specific concerns of their "Jewish questions" inform the rethinking of philosophy's disciplinarity in principal terms. The long overdue recognition of the modernity that informs the critical trajectories of Jewish philosophers from Spinoza and Mendelssohn to the present emancipates not just "Jewish philosophy" from an infelicitous pigeonhole these philosophers so pointedly sought to reject but, more important, emancipates philosophy from its false claims to universalism.

Exploring Atman from the Perspective of the Vivekacudamani (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Walter Menezes Exploring Atman from the Perspective of the Vivekacudamani (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Walter Menezes
R3,732 Discovery Miles 37 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates the central metaphysics and epistemology of Advaita. Although the vastness of Advaita literature has grown to immense proportions, there has been a glaring lacuna in unraveling its philosophical, theological and religious implications. This volume undertakes a thematic search on the conception of Atman in an all-important Advaitic text, the Vivekacudamani , and other supportive texts of the same genre. Walter Menezes aims to revive Advaita as a sound philosophical system by driving away the cloud of negativity associated with it, thereby opening a new chapter in the history of Advaita philosophy.

Watsuji Tetsuro's Global Ethics of Emptiness - A Contemporary Look at a Modern Japanese Philosopher (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Watsuji Tetsuro's Global Ethics of Emptiness - A Contemporary Look at a Modern Japanese Philosopher (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Anton Luis Sevilla
R5,662 Discovery Miles 56 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a rethinking of ethics and socio-political life through the ideas of Watsuji Tetsuro. Can we build a systematic philosophy of morality, society, and politics, not on the basis of identity and ego, but rather on the basis of selflessness? This book explores such an attempt by the leading ethicist of modern Japan. Using concrete examples and contemporary comparisons, and with careful reference to both English and Japanese sources, it guides the reader through Watsuji's ideas. It engages three contemporary issues in depth: First, how do we approach the moral agent, as an autonomous being or as a fundamentally relational being? Second, is it the individual or the community that is the starting point for politics? And finally, is ethics something that is globally shared or something fundamentally local? This book aims to be an informative and inspiring resource for researchers, students, and laypersons interested in Buddhist thought.

The Arts and Crafts of Literacy - Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hardcover): Andrea Brigaglia, Mauro Nobili The Arts and Crafts of Literacy - Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hardcover)
Andrea Brigaglia, Mauro Nobili
R4,504 Discovery Miles 45 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy. However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus only on the textual dimension of the manuscripts. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach to the study of these manuscripts and gather contributions on the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. the materials, the technologies, the practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption. The originality of this book is found in its methodological approach as well as its comparative geographic focus, presenting studies on a continental scale, including regions formerly neglected by existing scholarship, provides a unique opportunity to expand our still scanty knowledge of the different manuscript cultures that the African continent has developed and that often can still be considered as living traditions.

Daoism in Early China - Huang-Lao Thought in Light of Excavated Texts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Feng Cao Daoism in Early China - Huang-Lao Thought in Light of Excavated Texts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Feng Cao
R3,486 Discovery Miles 34 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text considers the prevalence of Lao-Zhuang Daoism and Huang-Lao Daoism in late pre-imperial and early imperial Chinese traditional thought. The author uses unique excavated documents and literature to explore the Huang-Lao tradition of Daoist philosophy, which exerted a great influence on China ancient philosophy and political theories, from the Pre-Qin period to the Wei-Jin periods. It explains the original and significance of Huang-Lao Daoism, its history and fundamental characteristics, notably discussing the two sides of Huang-Lao, namely the role and function of Lao Zi and the Yellow Emperor, and discusses why the two can constitute a complementary relationship. It also provides a key study of the Mawangdui silk texts, bamboo slips of the Heng Xian, Fan Wu Liu Xing, considering both the theory of human Xing and of Qi.

Lao-tzu's Taoteching (Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.): Red Pine Lao-tzu's Taoteching (Paperback, 3rd Revised ed.)
Red Pine; Lao Tzu
R491 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R82 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the best-selling English-language translations of the Taoteching.

"A refreshing new translation. . . . Highly recommended."--"Library Journal"

"With its clarity and scholarly range, this version of the "Taoteching" works as both a readable text and a valuable resource of Taoist interpretation."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Read it in confidence that it comes as close as possible to expressing the Chinese text in English."--Victor Mair, professor of Chinese studies, University of Pennsylvania

"Lao-tzu's""Taoteching" is an essential volume of world literature, and Red Pine's nuanced and authoritative English translation--reissued and published with the Chinese text "en face"--is one of the best-selling versions. What sets this volume apart from other translations are its commentaries by scores of Taoist scholars, poets, monks, recluses, adepts, and emperors spanning more than two thousand years. "I envisioned this book," Red Pine notes in his introduction, "as a discussion between Lao-tzu and a group of people who have thought deeply about his text."

"Sages have no mind of their own"
"their mind is the mind of the people"
"to the good they are good"
"to the bad they are good"
"until they become good"
"to the true they are true"
"to the false they are true"
"until they become true . . ."

Lao-tzu (ca. 600 BCE) was a Chinese sage who Confucius called "a dragon among men." He served as Keeper of the Royal Archives and authored the "Taoteching."

Red Pine is one of the world's foremost translators of Chinese literary and religious texts.

Analogical Investigations - Historical and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Reasoning (Hardcover): G. E. R Lloyd Analogical Investigations - Historical and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Reasoning (Hardcover)
G. E. R Lloyd
R2,239 Discovery Miles 22 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Western philosophy and science are responsible for constructing some powerful tools of investigation, aiming at discovering the truth, delivering robust explanations, verifying conjectures, showing that inferences are sound and demonstrating results conclusively. By contrast reasoning that depends on analogies has often been viewed with suspicion. Professor Lloyd first explores the origins of those Western ideals, criticises some of their excesses and redresses the balance in favour of looser, admittedly non-demonstrative analogical reasoning. For this he takes examples both from ancient Greek and Chinese thought and from the materials of recent ethnography to show how different ancient and modern cultures have developed different styles of reasoning. He also develops two original but controversial ideas, that of semantic stretch (to cast doubt on the literal/metaphorical dichotomy) and the multidimensionality of reality (to bypass the realism versus relativism and nature versus nurture controversies).

Gandhi's Moral Politics (Hardcover): Naren Nanda Gandhi's Moral Politics (Hardcover)
Naren Nanda
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores the scope and limits of Mahatma Gandhi's moral politics and its implications for Indian and other freedom movements. It presents a set of enlightening essays based on lectures delivered in memory of the eminent historian B. R. Nanda along with a new introductory essay. With contributions by leading historians and Gandhi scholars, the book provides new perspectives on the limits of Gandhi's moral reasoning, his role in the choice of destination by Indian Muslim refugees, his waning influence over political events, and his predicament amid the violence and turmoil in the years immediately preceding partition. The work brings together wide-ranging insights on Gandhi and revisits his religious views, which were the foundation of his morality in politics; his experience of civil disobedience and its nature, deployment and limits; Satyagraha and non-violence; and his struggle for civil rights. The volume also examines how Gandhi's South African phase contributed to his later ideas on private property and self-sacrifice. This book will be of immense interest to researchers and scholars of modern Indian history, Gandhi studies, political science, peace and conflict studies, South Asian studies; to researchers and scholars of media and journalism; and to the informed general reader.

Korean Modernization and Uneven Development - Alternative Sociological Accounts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Kim Kyong-Dong Korean Modernization and Uneven Development - Alternative Sociological Accounts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Kim Kyong-Dong
R4,443 Discovery Miles 44 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret, characterize, globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes.

Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems (Hardcover): Chenyang Li, Franklin Perkins Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems (Hardcover)
Chenyang Li, Franklin Perkins
R2,678 Discovery Miles 26 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume of new essays is the first English-language anthology devoted to Chinese metaphysics. The essays explore the key themes of Chinese philosophy, from pre-Qin to modern times, starting with important concepts such as yin-yang and qi and taking the reader through the major periods in Chinese thought - from the Classical period, through Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, into the twentieth-century philosophy of Xiong Shili. They explore the major traditions within Chinese philosophy, including Daoism and Mohism, and a broad range of metaphysical topics, including monism, theories of individuation, and the relationship between reality and falsehood. The volume will be a valuable resource for upper-level students and scholars of metaphysics, Chinese philosophy, or comparative philosophy, and with its rich insights into the ethical, social and political dimensions of Chinese society, it will also interest students of Asian studies and Chinese intellectual history.

Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Xinzhong Yao Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Xinzhong Yao
R5,368 Discovery Miles 53 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book comprises 30 chapters representing certain new trends in reconcenptualizing Confucian ideas, ideals, values and ways of thinking by scholars from China and abroad. While divergent in approaches, these chapters are converged on conceptualizing and reconceptualizing Confucianism into something philosophically meaningful and valuable to the people of the 21st century. They are grouped into three parts, and each is dedicated to one of the three major themes this book attempts to address. Part one is mainly on scholarly reviews of Confucian doctrines by which new interpretations will be drawn out. Part two is an assembled attempt to reexamine Confucian concepts, in which critiques of traditional views lead to new perspectives for perennial questions. Part three is focused on reinterpreting Confucian virtues and values, in the hope that a new sense of being moral can be gained through old normative forms.

Asian Philosophies (Hardcover, 6th edition): John M. Koller Asian Philosophies (Hardcover, 6th edition)
John M. Koller
R5,508 Discovery Miles 55 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With an inside view from an expert in the field, solid scholarship, and a clear and engaging writing style, Asian Philosophies invites students and professors to think along with the great thinkers of the Asian traditions. John M. Koller is a scholar and teacher who has devoted his life to understanding Asian thought and practice. He wrote this text to give students and professors access to the rich philosophical and religious ideas of both South and East Asia.

Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy - Avicenna and Beyond (Hardcover): Jari Kaukua Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy - Avicenna and Beyond (Hardcover)
Jari Kaukua
R2,028 R1,755 Discovery Miles 17 550 Save R273 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important book investigates the emergence and development of a distinct concept of self-awareness in post-classical, pre-modern Islamic philosophy. Jari Kaukua presents the first extended analysis of Avicenna's arguments on self-awareness - including the flying man, the argument from the unity of experience, the argument against reflection models of self-awareness and the argument from personal identity - arguing that all these arguments hinge on a clearly definable concept of self-awareness as pure first-personality. He substantiates his interpretation with an analysis of Suhrawardi's use of Avicenna's concept and Mulla Sadra's revision of the underlying concept of selfhood. The study explores evidence for a sustained, pre-modern and non-Western discussion of selfhood and self-awareness, challenging the idea that these concepts are distinctly modern, European concerns. The book will be of interest to a range of readers in history of philosophy, history of ideas, Islamic studies and philosophy of mind.

Shari'a - Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context (Hardcover): Abbas Amanat, Frank Griffel Shari'a - Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context (Hardcover)
Abbas Amanat, Frank Griffel
R2,822 Discovery Miles 28 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam.
Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'a is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This will be one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.

Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2017): Isaac E Ukpokolo Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2017)
Isaac E Ukpokolo
R4,297 Discovery Miles 42 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides the key to a deepened discourse on philosophy in Africa. Available literature and academic practice in African philosophy since the 1960s have largely featured discourses in the areas of origin, general meaning and nature of the discipline, with little attention given to specialized areas. By contrast, this book examines a noticeable shifting focus from such general concerns to more specific subject-matter, in such areas as epistemology, moral philosophy, metaphysics, aesthetics, and social and political philosophy in the light of the African experience. The volume includes specific discourses from expert contributors on the nature, history and scope of African ethics and metaphysics, while also discussing particular themes in African epistemology, philosophy of education, existentialism and political philosophy. Researchers seeking for new perspective on African philosophy will find this work thought-provoking, instructive and informative.

The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Ramana Maharshi The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Ramana Maharshi; Volume editing by Arthur Osborne
R410 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R55 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

THE TEACHINGS OF RAMANA MAHARSHI is a companion volume to Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Sel-Knowledge and contains many of his actual conversations with those who sought his guidance. It covers the whole religious and spiritual field from basic theories about God and the nature of human beings, to advice about the conduct of our daily lives. The questions, and the Bhagavan's replies, are expressed in the simplest language, and no previous knowledge of Hinduism is needed to understand what is being discussed. This is a practical and down-to-earth spiritual insight that works for our modern world.

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