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The Indian Mind : Essentials of Indian Philosophy and Culture / Charles A. Moore.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: East-West Center PressPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1967Description: 1 online resource (470 p.)Content type:
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Frontmatter -- CHARLES A. MOORE -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: The Comprehensive Indian Mind -- Relation of Philosophical Theories to the Practical Affairs of Men -- Metaphysical Theories in Indian Philosophy -- Some Aspects of Reality as Taught by Theravāda Buddhism -- Buddhism as a Philosophy of "Thusness" -- Epistemological Methods in Indian Philosophy -- Concentration and Meditation as Methods in Indian Philosophy -- Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Indian Philosophy -- The Indian Approach to the Religious Problem -- Religion and Spiritual Values in Indian Thought -- The Realistic Aspect of Indian Spirituality -- The Philosophical Basis of Indian Legal and Social Systems -- Some Philosophical Aspects of Indian Political, Legal, and Economic Thought -- The Status of the Individual in Indian Metaphysics -- The World and the Individual in Indian Religious Thought -- The Individual in Indian Ethics -- The Individual in Social Thought and Practice in India -- The Individual in the Legal and Political Thought and Institutions of India -- Extracted from "Indian Epistemology and the World and the Individual" -- Who's Who -- Index
Summary: The question according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the West is ready to receive.Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the east-west philosophers conferences held during the last twenty-five years, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated, and most profound philosophical traditions of all time. The intimate relationship in Indian perspective between philosophy and life is revealed. Common misunderstandings concerning Indian philosophy are exposed, and the marked kinship between India and the West is emphasized.
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Frontmatter -- CHARLES A. MOORE -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: The Comprehensive Indian Mind -- Relation of Philosophical Theories to the Practical Affairs of Men -- Metaphysical Theories in Indian Philosophy -- Some Aspects of Reality as Taught by Theravāda Buddhism -- Buddhism as a Philosophy of "Thusness" -- Epistemological Methods in Indian Philosophy -- Concentration and Meditation as Methods in Indian Philosophy -- Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Indian Philosophy -- The Indian Approach to the Religious Problem -- Religion and Spiritual Values in Indian Thought -- The Realistic Aspect of Indian Spirituality -- The Philosophical Basis of Indian Legal and Social Systems -- Some Philosophical Aspects of Indian Political, Legal, and Economic Thought -- The Status of the Individual in Indian Metaphysics -- The World and the Individual in Indian Religious Thought -- The Individual in Indian Ethics -- The Individual in Social Thought and Practice in India -- The Individual in the Legal and Political Thought and Institutions of India -- Extracted from "Indian Epistemology and the World and the Individual" -- Who's Who -- Index

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The question according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as whether the West is ready to receive.Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the east-west philosophers conferences held during the last twenty-five years, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated, and most profound philosophical traditions of all time. The intimate relationship in Indian perspective between philosophy and life is revealed. Common misunderstandings concerning Indian philosophy are exposed, and the marked kinship between India and the West is emphasized.

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