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Salvation in Indian Philosophy - Perfection and Simplicity for Vaisesika (Paperback)
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Salvation in Indian Philosophy - Perfection and Simplicity for Vaisesika (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
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This book offers a comprehensive description of the 'doctrine of
salvation' (nihsreyasa/ moksa) and Vaisesika, one of the oldest
philosophical systems of Indian philosophy and provides an overview
of theories in other related Indian philosophical systems and
classical doctrines of salvation. The book examines liberation, the
fourth goal of life and arguably one of the most important topics
in Indian philosophy, from a comparative philosophical perspective.
Contextualising classical Greek Philosophy which contains the three
goals of life (Aristotle's Ethics), and explains salvation as first
understood in the theology of the Hellenistic and Patristics
periods, the author analyses six classical philosophical schools of
Indian philosophy in which there is a marked emphasis on the
ultimate ontological elements of the world and 'self'. Analysing
Vaisesika and the manner in which this lesser known system has put
forward its own theory of salvation (nihsreyasa), the author
demonstrates its significance and originality as an old and
influential philosophical system. He argues that it is essential
for the study of other Indian sciences and for the study of all
comparative philosophy. An extensive introduction to Indian
soteriology, this book will be an important reference work for
academics interested in comparative religion and philosophy, Indian
philosophy, Asian religion and South Asian Studies.
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