Advaita and Neoplatonism

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Madras University Philosophical Series - No. 10

 

general editor:

Dr T.M.P. MAHADEVAN

Head of the Department of Philosophy

 

ADVAITA AND NEOPLATONISM

A CRITICAL STUDY IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY

 

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ADVAITA AND NEOPLATONISM

A CRITICAL STUDY IN COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY

 

by
J.F. STAAL
M.Sc., (Amsterdam), Ph.D. (Madras)
School of Oriental and African
Studies University of London

 

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

1961

 

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First Published 1961

 

© University of Madras, Madras 1961

 

G.S. PRESS, MADRAS

 

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Contents

Foreword			.. v
Preface			.. vii
Contents			.. xi
Part I - Character and Methodology of Comparative Philosophy with Special Reference to Advaita and Neoplatonism
1.	Introduction		.. 1
2.	The background of comparative philosophy		.. 1
3.	Comparative philosophy as philosophy		.. 3
	A. Truth in Comparative Philosophy		.. 4
	(i) Relativistic indifference. Is faith necessary?		.. 4
	(ii) Esthetic approach		.. 6
	(iii) The approach through tradition		.. 7
	(iv) Objective truth		.. 9
	(v) Existential truth		.. 10
	B. The problem of historicism		.. 12
	C. The concept of time		.. 13
4.	Method		.. 16
	A. The ‘Standard Consciousness’		.. 16
	B. The existential attitude		.. 17
	C. The historical character		.. 18
	D. The circular procedure		.. 18
5.	On synthesis and choice		.. 19
6.	On influences		.. 22
7.	Comparative philosophy and the Orient		.. 24
8.	Comparative philosophy and Advaita		.. 27
Part II - The Metaphysics of Advaita
Introduction			.. 29
1.	Scripture: śruti and smṛti		.. 34

 

 

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2.	Concepts of continuity. Karman	.. 39
3.	Karman - Saṁsāra - Transmigration	.. 47
4.	Identifications. Plenitude	.. 53
5.	Sacrifice. Ontological reflections	.. 61
6.	Reaction against the sacrifice	.. 70
7.	Meditation - pariṇāma - saguṇabrahman	.. 78
8.	Action - meditation - knowledge: Advaita and other systems	.. 90
9.	Concepts of meditation and knowledge	.. 98
10.	Identifications and the central Advaitic identity	.. 107
11.	Adhyāsa - avidyā - māyā	.. 113
12.	Vivarta. Nāmarūpe	.. 124
13.	Vyavahāra and paramārtha	.. 133
14.	Īśvara	.. 142
15.	The jīva. Avasthātraya	.. 152
Part III - A Comparison between Advaita and Neoplatonism
Introduction		.. 161
1.	Evaluation of the tradition. Action and contemplation	.. 162
2.	Interiorisation. Non-dualism and the hierarchy of being	.. 170
3.	Infinity and being	.. 179
4.	Knowledge. The húlē	.. 188
5.	Causation and change. The demiurge	.. 196
6.	Names and forms	.. 208
7.	Two levels and double truth	.. 219
8.	Freedom	.. 226
Conclusion		.. 231
Appendix. The problem of Indian influence on Neoplatonism		.. 235
Bibliography		.. 251
Abbreviations		.. 255
Index of Names		.. 257