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22%OFFParimal G. Patil - Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India - 9780231142229 - V9780231142229
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Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India

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Description for Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAB; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
Philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God have been crucial to Euro-American and South Asian philosophers for over a millennium. Critical to the history of philosophy in India, were the centuries-long arguments between Buddhist and Hindu philosophers about the existence of a God-like being called Isvara and the religious epistemology used to support them. By focusing on the work of Ratnakirti, one of the last great Buddhist philosophers of India, and his arguments against his Hindu opponents, Parimal G. Patil illuminates South Asian intellectual practices and the nature of philosophy during the final phase of Buddhism in India. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231142229
SKU
V9780231142229
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About Parimal G. Patil
Parimal G. Patil is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University.

Reviews for Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India
" Against a Hindu God is a book about the late Indian critiques of Brahmanical conceptions of God. But more than just a study of Buddhist philosophers like Ratnakirti, Parimal G. Patil is interested in what late medieval Indian philosophers have to say to the disciplines of philosophy, theology, religious studies, and South Asian studies. Utilizing the concepts and vocabulary ... Read more

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