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Autore |
Scarborough Milton <1940-> |
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Comparative theories of nonduality [[electronic resource] ] : the search for a middle way / / Milton Scarborough |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-87337-7 |
9786612873379 |
1-4411-1957-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dualism |
Jewish philosophy |
Buddhist philosophy |
Philosophy, European |
Philosophy, Comparative |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Western Dualism and Buddhist Nondualism; Chapter 2: Hebrew Pre-philosophical Nondualism; Chapter 3: Hebrew Nondualism and Social Reality; Chapter 4: From Omniscience to Ignorance; Chapter 5: A Western, Nondual Epistemology; Chapter 6: Nondual Self and Other; Chapter 7: Nondual Immanence and Transcendence; Chapter 8: Setting Out In and Toward the Middle; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Comparative Theories of Nonduality: The Search for a Middle Way is a constructive work in comparative philosophy. It is a commonplace that while Asia is nondualistic, the West, because of its uncritical reliance on Greek-derived intellectual standards, is dualistic. Dualism is a deep-seated habit of thinking and acting in all spheres of life through the prism of binary opposites, a defense mechanism like fangs and claws that leads to paralyzing practical and theoretical difficulties. Asia can provide no assistance for the foreseeable future because the West finds Asian nondualism, especially t |
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