Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought: representation and will and their Indian parallels

Schopenhauer in context: the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Hinduism -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Buddhism -- "Representation": Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world: the Mādhyamika t...

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Published in:Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Main Author: Cross, Stephen (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2013
In: Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (80)
Series/Journal:Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy / Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy 24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788-1860 / Indian philosophy
Further subjects:B Hindu Philosophy
B Buddhist Philosophy
B Representation (Philosophy)
B Will
B Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788-1860
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Summary:Schopenhauer in context: the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Hinduism -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Buddhism -- "Representation": Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world: the Mādhyamika teaching -- Advaita Vedānta: the world as illusory appearance -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's doctrine of representation and its Indian affinities -- Schopenhauer's conception of the world as will -- Schopenhauer: the will in its general forms (ideas) -- Metaphysical factors behind the empirical world: Advaita Vedānta -- The arising of the empirical world in Buddhism: the Yogācāra teaching -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's will and comparable Indian ideas -- The ontological status of will -- Beyond the will: "better consciousness" and the "pure subject of knowing" -- The hidden compass: Schopenhauer and the limits of philosophy -- Schopenhauer and Indian thought
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index
ISBN:0824837355