Sankara, Ramanuja, and the Function of Religious Language

In the opening sections of his Brahma-sutra-bhasya, Ramanuja makes a very forceful assault on Sankara's Advaita theory. This assault anticipates in a striking way modern western attacks on metaphysical religious positions, attacks which stem from Hume and are associated today with names like A....

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Main Author: Wilson, J. G. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1970]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1970, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-68
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