02940nam 2200673 a 450 991081653550332120240513024030.01-282-87337-797866128733791-4411-1957-4(CKB)2670000000054406(EBL)601937(OCoLC)676696385(SSID)ssj0000414511(PQKBManifestationID)11913224(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414511(PQKBWorkID)10394886(PQKB)10897343(MiAaPQ)EBC601937(Au-PeEL)EBL601937(CaPaEBR)ebr10427460(CaONFJC)MIL287337(OCoLC)893335232(EXLCZ)99267000000005440620090622d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComparative theories of nonduality the search for a middle way /Milton Scarborough1st ed.London ;New York Continuumc20091 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-5902-9 0-8264-3738-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.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; IndexComparative 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 tDualismJewish philosophyBuddhist philosophyPhilosophy, EuropeanPhilosophy, ComparativeDualism.Jewish philosophy.Buddhist philosophy.Philosophy, European.Philosophy, Comparative.147.4Scarborough Milton1940-1597471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816535503321Comparative theories of nonduality3919225UNINA