LEADER 02928nam 22006494a 450 001 9910823753203321 005 20240430210543.0 010 $a1-315-58830-7 010 $a1-317-11743-3 010 $a1-317-11742-5 010 $a1-281-09923-6 010 $a9786611099237 010 $a0-7546-8676-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408792 035 $a(EBL)438883 035 $a(OCoLC)427565634 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183067 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221324 035 $a(PQKB)10956192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438883 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211320 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL924874 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293531 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109923 035 $a(OCoLC)437138159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438883 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293531 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408792 100 $a20060705d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndian philosophy and the consequences of knowledge $ethemes in ethics, metaphysics and soteriology /$fChakravarthi Ram-Prasad 210 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate Pub.$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-5456-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Multiplist Metaphysics and Ethics; 2 Consciousness and Luminosity: On How Knowledge is Possible; 3 Knowledge and Action: On How to Attain the Highest Good; 4 Liberation without Annihilation: Parthasarathi Misra on Jnanasakti; 5 Conceptuality in Question: Teaching and Pure Cognition in Yogacara-Madhyamaka; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book presents a collection of essays, setting out both the special concern of classical Indian thought and some of its potential contributions to global philosophy. It presents some key arguments made by different schools about this special concern: the way in which attainment of knowledge of reality transforms human nature in a fundamentally liberating way. It then goes on to look in detail at two areas in contemporary global philosophy - the ethics of difference, and the metaphysics of consciousness - where this classical Indian commitment to the spiritually transformative power of know 606 $aPhilosophy, Indic 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 615 0$aPhilosophy, Indic. 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 676 $a181/.4 700 $aRam-Prasad$b Chakravarthi$01595468 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823753203321 996 $aIndian philosophy and the consequences of knowledge$94089379 997 $aUNINA