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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815870203321

Autore

Padiyath Thomas <1969->

Titolo

The metaphysics of becoming : on the relationship between creativity and God in Whitehead and supermind and Sachchidananda in Aurobindo / / Thomas Padiyath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-11-037461-7

3-11-034277-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Collana

Process thought, , 2198-2787 ; ; volume 25

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Ontology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Whitehead's metaphysicss of becoming -- part two. Aurobindo's integral advaita and the metaphysics of becoming -- part three. On the relationship between creativity and God and Supermind and Sachchidananda.

Sommario/riassunto

This study attempts to elucidate a possible meeting point of the traditions of Eastern and Western metaphysical thinking. In discussing Whitehead's and Aurobindo's views on being and becoming, it seeks the possibility of a better engagement between the East and the West in the light of the philosophical insights. It is an initiation into the Sitz im Leben of Whitehead's philosophy and his general thought pattern. It carries a perceptive analysis to show the clear primacy of Becoming or Process in Whitehead that extends even to the Divine. It also highlights Aurobindo as a unique Indian Philosopher, who articulated Indian thought in Western categories. He was able to integrate the evolutionary theory of the West with the Indian understanding of becoming. The relationship between God and Creativity and  Sachchidananda and the Supermind is studied within the context of Enlightenment and Modernity and the way of doing philosophy in the West and in the East.