| #5298252 in Books | 2008-02-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.18 x1.09 x6.35l,1.35 | File type: PDF | 368 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A wonderful book|By Aviad Kleinberg|In this insightful, original and beautifully written book, Biderman does not simply compare thought systems. The tensions between different ways of viewing and interpreting the world are examined as a way to speak, and speak profoundly, about the human condition.|||This book will make a significant contribution to the nascent but growing literature in comparative philosophy that focuses on basic human questions while continuing to observe philosophical rigor. (Laurie L. Patton, professor of early Indian religions and ch
In this book, Shlomo Biderman examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. He turns to a rich and varied collection of primary sources: the Rg Veda, the Upanishads, and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Någårjuna and Vasubandhu, among others. In studying the West, Biderman considers the Bible and its commentaries, the writings of such philosophers as Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, and Derrida, ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Crossing Horizons: World, Self, and Language in Indian and Western Thought | Shlomo Biderman. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
