1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000050210403321

Autore

Lausetti, Attilio

Titolo

L'aeroplano : progetto, strutture, installazioni / Attilio Lausetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino : Levrotto e Bella, 1976

Descrizione fisica

398 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Disciplina

629.134 1

Locazione

FINBC

Collocazione

13 F 07 09

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910348227103321

Autore

Webster David <1968->

Titolo

The philosophy of desire in the Buddhist Pali canon / / David Webster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005

ISBN

9786610217410

9781134279401

113427940X

9781134279418

1134279418

9781280217418

1280217413

9780203010570

0203010574

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism

Classificazione

REL007000SOC008000SOC053000

Disciplina

294.3/422

Soggetti

Desire - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Buddhism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DESIRE IN WESTERN THOUGHT; 2 DESIRE IN NON-BUDDHIST INDIAN RELIGION; 3 BUDDHISM AND DESIRE; 4 BUDDHISM AND DESIRE; 5 CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby we must desire to end desire, the varieties of desire that are articulated in the Pali texts are examined. A range of views of desire, as found in Western thought, are presented as well as Hindu and Jain approaches. An exploration of the concept of ditthi(view or opinion) is also provided, exploring the way in which 'holding views' can be seen as analogous to the process of desiring. Other subjects investigated include the mind-body relati