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Introduction
General considerations:
- significance of indian philosophers in the history of
philosophy
- general characteristics of indian philosophy
- Forms of argument and presentation.
- roles of sacred texts, mythology, and theism
- a general history of development and cultural background
- the prelogical period |
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- The logical period
- The ultralogical period
- Presystematic philosophy
- Development of the notion of transmigration
- Origin of the concept of Brahman and atman
- The principles underlying macrocosm and microcosm.
- Early Buddhist developments
- The four noble truths and the nature of suffering
- The path of liberation: methods of eightfold path
- The concepts of selflessness and Nirvana |
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- The philosophical portions
of the Mahabharata
- Moksadharma
- The Bhagavadgita
- Doctrines and ideas of the Buddhist "Tipitaka"
- Early system building; the history of the sutra style
- The "Purva-mimamsa-sutras" and Shabara's commentary.
- The Vedanta-sutras; Relation to the “Mimamsa-sutras”.
- Contents and organization
of the four books.
- Variations in views.
- The "Samkhya-karikas." Relation to orthodoxy
- The nature of the self (purusa).
- The concept of the three qualities (gunas)
- Epistemology
- Ethics |
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- The "Yoga-sutras":
Relation to Samkhya
- God, self, and body
- Theories and techniques
of self-control and meditation
- The "Vaishesika-sutras."
- Organization and contents
- Structure of the world
- Naturalism
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- The "Nyaya-sutras."
- Content and organization
- Epistemology
- Theory of causation
and metaphysics
- The syllogism
and its predecessors
- Other characteristic
philosophic matters
- The beginnings of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy:
Contributions of the Mahasangikas
- Contributions
of the Sarvastivadins
- Contributions
of the Sautrantikas
- The worldview of the "Arthashastra"
- Theories of kingship
and statecraft
- Concepts of the public good
- Relations between states
- The formation and
implementation of policy
- Fragments from the Ajivikas and the Carvakas
- The Ajivikas
- The Carvakas |
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- Developments in Mahayana
- Nagarjuna and Shunyavada
- Contributions of Vasubandhu
and Asanga
- Contributions of Dignaga
and Dharmakirti
- Purva-mimamsa: the Bhatta and Prabhakara schools
- Principal texts and relation
to Shabara
- Metaphysics and epistemology
- The Prabhakaras rejected
- Ethics
- Hermeneutics and semantics
- Religious consequences
- The linguistic philosophies: Bhartrhari and Mandana-Mishra
- Nyaya-Vaishesika
- The old school |
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- Nyaya-Vaishesika:
The new school
- Samkhya and Yoga
- Samkhya and Yoga:
Metaphysics and epistemology
- Samkhya and Yoga: Ethics
- Samkhya and Yoga:
Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga
- Samkhya and Yoga:
Religious consequences
- Vedanta
- Fragments from the
Mandukya-karika
until Shankara
- Vedanta:
Varieties of Vedanta schools
- Vedanta:
The concepts of nondualism |
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- Vedanta
- Shankara's theory of error
and religious and ethical concerns
- Vedanta
Concepts of bhedabheda
- Vedanta:
Ramanuja
Vedanta:
Madhva
- Vedanta:
Nimbarka
- Vedanta:
Vallabha
- Vedanta:
Caitanya |
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- Vaisnava schools
- Shaiva schools
- Shaiva-siddhanta
- Kashmir Shaivism
- Jaina Philosophy
- Mughal Philosophy
- 19th and 20th century Philosophy in India and Pakistan |
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