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A Comparative History of World Philosophy presents a personal yet balanced guide through what the author argues to be the three great philosophical traditions: Chinese, European, and Indian. The book breaks through the cultural barriers between these traditions, proving that despite their considerable differences, fundamental resemblances exist in their abstract principles. Ben-Ami Scharfstein argues that Western students of philosophy will profit considerably if they study Indian and Chinese philosophy from the very beginning, along with their own. Written with clarity and infused with an engaging narrative voice, this book is organized thematically, presenting in virtually every chapter characteristic views from each tradition that represent similar positions in the core areas of metaphysics and epistemology. At the same time, Scharfstein develops each tradition historically as the chapters unfold. He presents a great variety of philosophical positions fairly, avoiding the relativism and ethnocentrism that could easily plague a comparative presentation of Western and non-Western philosophies.

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title A Comparative History of World Philosophy From the Upanishads to - photo 1
title:A Comparative History of World Philosophy : From the Upanishads to Kant
author:Scharfstein, Ben-Ami.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0791436845
print isbn13:9780791436844
ebook isbn13:9780585066936
language:English
subjectPhilosophy, Comparative.
publication date:1998
lcc:B799.S37 1998eb
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subject:Philosophy, Comparative.
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A Comparative History of World Philosophy
From the Upanishads to Kant
Ben-Ami Scharfstein
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1998 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Production by Marilyn P. Semerad
Marketing by Dana E. Yanulavich
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Scharfstein, Ben-Ami, 1919
A comparative history of world philosophy: from the Upanishads to
Kant / Ben-Ami Scharfstein.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7914-3683-7 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-3684-5 (pbk.:
alk. paper)
1. Philosophy, Comparative. I. Title.
B799.S37 1998
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To my teachers and students
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He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
Cameroonian proverb
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Contents
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Chapter 1. The Three Philosophical Traditions
1
Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Metaphysical Philosophy Uddalaka, Yajnavalkya, Heraclitus, Parmenides
55
Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Moral Philosophy Confucius/Mencius, the Buddha, Socrates
79
Chapter 4. Early Logical Relativism, Skepticism, and Absolutism Mahavira, Chuang-tzu, Protagoras, Gorgias, Plato
113
Chapter 5. Early Rational Synthesis Hsn-tzu, Aristotle
145
Chapter 6. Early Varieties of Atomism Democritus/Epicurus/Lucretius, "Guatama," and Nameless Buddhists
171
Chapter 7. Hierarchical Idealism Plotinus/Proclus, Bhartrihari
205
Chapter 8. Developed Skepticism Sextus Empiricus, Nagarjuna, Jayarashi, Shriharsha
233

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Chapter 9. Religio-Philosophical Synthesis Udayana, Chu Hsi, Avicenna, Maimonides, Aquinas
275
Chapter 10. Logic-Sensitized, Methodological Metaphysics Gangesha, Descartes, Leibniz
329
Chapter 11. Immanent-Transcendent Holism Shankara, Spinoza
367
Chapter 12. Perceptual Analysis, Realistic and Idealistic Asanga/Vasubandhu, Locke, Berkeley, Hume
407
Chapter 13. Fideistic Neo-Skepticism Dignaga/Dharmakirti, Kant
467
Afterword
517
Notes
531
Bibliography
655
Note on Author
659
Index
661
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