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Examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. The author looks at a varied collection of primary sources: the "Rig Veda", the "Upanishads", and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, among others.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Far and Beyond: Transcendence in Two Cultures 2. One Language, Many Things: On the Origins of Language 3. My-Self: Descartes and Early Upani sads on the Self 4. No-Self: Kant, Kafka, and Nagarjuna on the Disappearing Self 5. "It's All in the Mind": Berkeley, Vasubandhu, and the World Out There Notes Bibliographical Notes Index

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    Publisher: Columbia University Press
    Publication Date: 08/02/2008
    ISBN13: 9780231140249, 978-0231140249
    ISBN10: 023114024X
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    Philosophy Structuralism and Post-structuralism

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. The author looks at a varied collection of primary sources: the "Rig Veda", the "Upanishads", and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, among others.

    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Far and Beyond: Transcendence in Two Cultures 2. One Language, Many Things: On the Origins of Language 3. My-Self: Descartes and Early Upani sads on the Self 4. No-Self: Kant, Kafka, and Nagarjuna on the Disappearing Self 5. "It's All in the Mind": Berkeley, Vasubandhu, and the World Out There Notes Bibliographical Notes Index

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