Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana) by Nagarjuna

Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781949163001)

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Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana) by Nagarjuna

Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana)

$59.95
Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana) by Nagarjuna

Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana)

$59.95
Format: Hardcover
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A rare glimpse of the sophisticated philosophical exchange between Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools at an early stage.

The Vaidalyaprakarana provides a rare glimpse of the sophisticated philosophical exchange between Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools at an early stage and will be of interest to scholars of Buddhist thought, classical Indian Philosophy, and the history of Asian thought.

Belonging to a set of Nagarjuna's philosophical works known as the yukti-corpus, the Vaidalyaprakarana is noteworthy for its close engagement with the Hindu philosophers. It refutes the sixteen categories of the Nyaya school, which formed the logical and epistemological framework for many of the debates between Buddhist and Hindu philosophers.

The Sanskrit original of the Vaidalyaprakarana long lost, the author translates the text from Tibetan, giving it an extensive analytical commentary. The aim is twofold: to investigate the interaction of the founder of the Madhyamika school with this influential school of Hindu thought; and to make sense of how Nagarjuna's arguments that refute the Naiyayika categories are essential to the Madhyamika path in general.

Author: Nagarjuna
ISBN-10: 1949163008
ISBN-13: 9781949163001
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.10d
By Nagarjuna
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Jan Westerhoff is University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and a Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Originally trained as a philosopher and orientalist, his research concentrates on philosopohical aspects of the religious traditions of ancient India. His publications include Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: An Introduction (2009), The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani (2010), Reality: A Very Short Introduction (2011), and Madhyamaka and Yogacara: Allies or Rivals? (2015).

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