Tradition and Reflection: Explorations in Indian Thought

This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge. Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious "Thags" (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative. The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern Western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.

Halbfass, Wilhelm

Religion & Spirituality

State University of New York Press

This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge. Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious “Thags” (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative. The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern Western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology (Software Engineering)

Preface  1 Introduction: The Question of Being  2 The Question of Being in India: General HistoricalPerspectives  3 Genesis, Enumeration, and the Question of Being  4 The Vaisesika Categories: An Introductory Survey  5 The Vaisesika Concept of Substance  6 The Vaisesika Concept of Guna and the Problem ofUniversals  7 The Conceptualization of Being in Classical Vaisesika  8 Genesis and Temporal Existence in Early and Classical Vaisesika  9 The Vaisesika Concept of Time  10 Epilogue  Appendix 1: Selected Ontological Texts  Appendix 2: The Concept of Visesa and the Name of the Vaisesika System  Glossary: Ontological Terms in Classical Vaisesika  Abbreviations  Index

On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology

State Univ of New York Pr

Foreword by Lambert SchmithausenIntroduction by William Halbfass An Uncommon Orientalist: Paul Hacker's Passage to India I. Sankara and the Traditions of Advaita Vedanta: Philological Explorations 1. On Sankara and Advaitism 2. Relations of Early Advaitins of Vaisnavism 3. Sankaracarya and Sankarabhagavatpada: Preliminary Remarks Concerning the Authorship Problem 4. Distinctive Features of the Doctrine and Terminology of Sankara: Avidya, Namarupa, Maya, Isvara 5. Sankara the Yogin and Sankara the Advaitin: Some Observations II. Nondualism and Its Implications: Understanding and Confrontation 6. The Theory of Degrees of Reality in Advaita Vedanta 7. The Idea of the Person in the Thinking of Vedanta Philosophers 8. Sankara's Conception of Man 9. Being and Spirit in Vedanta 10. Cit and Nous, or the Concept of Spirit in Vedantism and in Neoplatonism III. Neo-Hinduism and Modern Vedanta: Studies in Reinterpretation 11. Aspects of Neo-Hinduism as Contrasted with Surviving Traditional Hinduism 12. The Concept of Dharma in Neo-Hinduism 13. Schopenhauer and Hindu Ethics 14. Vivekanada's Religious Nationalism 15. A Prasthanatraya Commentary of Neo-Hinduism: Remarks on the Work of Radhakrishnan Bibliographical Notes on the Texts and Translations Abbreviations Index

Philology and Confrontation: Paul Hacker on Traditional and Modern Vedanta (United States)

Hacker, Paul

This book explores the intellectual encounter of India and the West from pre-Alexandrian antiquity until the present. It examines India’s role in European philosophical thought, as well as the reception of European philosophy in Indian thought. Halbfass also considers the tension in India between a traditional and modern understanding of itself.Halbfass covers a wide variety of epochs and “cultures” in this study without oversimplification and without distracting shifts of tone. The volume’s methodological unity is reflected in Halbfass’ reliance on the German hermeneutical tradition and his root characterization of the encounter between Indian and the West as dynamic. It is a contribution rooted in the interpretive tradition typified by the work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas.This edition is much more than a mere translation. Halbfass has not only translated, but has also revised, updated, and added much new material.

India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding (English and German Edition)

This book explores the intellectual encounter of India and the West from pre-Alexandrian antiquity until the present. It examines India’s role in European philosophical thought, as well as the reception of European philosophy in Indian thought. Halbfass also considers the tension in India between a traditional and modern understanding of itself. Halbfass covers a wide variety of epochs and “cultures” in this study without oversimplification and without distracting shifts of tone. The volume’s methodological unity is reflected in Halbfass’ reliance on the German hermeneutical tradition and his root characterization of the encounter between Indian and the West as dynamic. It is a contribution rooted in the interpretive tradition typified by the work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas. This edition is much more than a mere translation. Halbfass has not only translated, but has also revised, updated, and added much new material.

India and Europe : An Essay in Understanding (English and German Edition)

Beitrage Zur Kenntnis Der Pommerschen Seen (English and German Edition)

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Tradition and Reflection: Explorations in Indian Thought

Tradition and Reflection: Explorations in Indian Thought

On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology (Software Engineering)

On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology

Philology and Confrontation: Paul Hacker on Traditional and Modern Vedanta (United States)

India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding (English and German Edition)

India and Europe : An Essay in Understanding (English and German Edition)

Beitrage Zur Kenntnis Der Pommerschen Seen (English and German Edition)

Die Berichte Des Platon Und Aristoteles Uber Protagoras: Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung Seiner Erkenntnistheorie (English and German Edition)

Indien und Europa: Perspektiven ihrer geistigen Begegnung (German Edition)