The Concealed Art of the Soul
Subtitle: Theories of the Self and Practices of Truth in Indian Ethics and Epistemology
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Clarendon Press; OUP Oxford
Published: August 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780199202416
Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy; Topics in philosophy; Eastern; Epistemology; Philosophy / Epistemology; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; åAtman
Table of contents: title: Detailed Contents... ix; title: Introduction... 1; title: Part I. Soul-searchers and Sooth-sayers...11; title: ___1. Hidden in the Cave: The Upanisadic Self...13; title: ___2. Dangerous Truths: The Buddha on Silence, Secrecy and Snakes...39; title: ___3. A Cloak of Clever Words: The Deconstruction of Deceit in the Mahabharata... 61; title: Part II. Exhortations to Enlightenment... 95; title: ___4. Words That Burn: Why Did the Buddha Say What He Did?... 97; title: ___5. Words That Break: Can an Upanisad State the Truth?... 125; title: Part III. A Selfless Person's Sense of Self... 155; title: ___6. The Imperfect Reality of Persons... 157; title: ___7. Self as Performance... 185; title: Appendices... 217; title: Texts and Abbreviations... 237; title: Bibliography... 245; title: Chronological Table of Main Thinkers and Texts... 259; title: Index Locorum; title: General Index