LEADER 02976nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910459550803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-87337-7 010 $a9786612873379 010 $a1-4411-1957-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000054406 035 $a(EBL)601937 035 $a(OCoLC)676696385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414511 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913224 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414511 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10394886 035 $a(PQKB)10897343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL601937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10427460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287337 035 $a(OCoLC)893335232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000054406 100 $a20090622d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComparative theories of nonduality$b[electronic resource] $ethe search for a middle way /$fMilton Scarborough 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-5902-9 311 $a0-8264-3738-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aComparative 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 606 $aDualism 606 $aJewish philosophy 606 $aBuddhist philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, European 606 $aPhilosophy, Comparative 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDualism. 615 0$aJewish philosophy. 615 0$aBuddhist philosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy, European. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Comparative. 676 $a147.4 700 $aScarborough$b Milton$f1940-$0931134 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459550803321 996 $aComparative theories of nonduality$92094745 997 $aUNINA