Advaita and Neoplatonism

Inhoudsopgave

Foreword

Preface

Part I Character and Methodology of Comparative Philosophy - with Special Reference to Advaita and Neoplatonism 1. Introduction

2. The background of comparative philosophy

3. Comparative philosophy as philosophy

4. Method

5. On synthesis and choice

6. On influences

7. Comparative philosophy and the Orient

8. Comparative philosophy and Advaita

Part II The Metaphysics of Advaita Introduction

1. Scripture: śruti and smṛti

2. Concepts of continuity. Karman

3. Karman - Samsāra - Transmigration

4. Identifications. Plenitude

5. Sacrifice. Ontological reflections

6. Reaction against the sacrifice

7. Meditation - pariṇāma - saguṇabrahman

8. Action - meditation - knowledge: Advaita and other systems

9. Concepts of meditation and knowledge

10. Identifications and the central Advaitic identity

11. Adhyāsa - avidyā - māyā

12. Vivarta, Nāmarūpe

13. Vyavahāra and paramārtha

14. Īśvara

15. The jīva. Avasthātraya

Part III A Comparison between Advaita and Neoplatonism Introduction

1. Evaluation of the tradition. Action and contemplation

2. Interiorisation. Non-dualism and the hierarchy of being

3. Infinity and being

4. Knowledge. The húlē

5. Causation and change. The demiurge

6. Names and forms.

7. Two levels and double truth

8. Freedom

Conclusion

Appendix The problem of Indian Influence on Neoplatonism

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Index of names

Errata