Comparative Table of Systems
(from Joseph J. Loizzo)
| |
MODERN WEST |
ANCIENT INDIA |
| CONCERN |
Conservative |
Critical |
Conservative |
Critical |
| SUBSTANCE |
DESCARTES |
LOCKE |
SAMKHYA |
VAIBHASIKA |
| "Two realities" |
"Fleeting particles" |
"Nature/Spirit" |
"Fleeting elements" |
| CAUSALITY |
NEWTON |
HUME |
VAISESIKA |
SAUTRANTIKA |
| "Determinism" |
"Custom" |
"Atomism" |
"Nominalism" |
| KNOWLEDGE |
LEIBNITZ |
KANT |
NYAYA |
PRAMANA |
| "Conceptual atomism" |
"Thing-in-itself" |
"Logical atomism" |
"Point-instant" |
| MIND |
SCHOPENHAUER |
HEGEL |
YOGA |
YOGACARA |
| "Will & idea" |
"Dialectic" |
"Pure spirit" |
"Pure mind" |
| WISDOM |
SCHLEIERMACHER |
NIETZSCHE |
VEDANTA |
MADHYAMIKA |
| "Experience" |
"Not-a-unity" |
"Non-doubled" |
"Non-dual" |
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Class notes for Religion W4620
(Nonduality in Indian and Tibetan Thought),
Fall 2002.
Last updated: Fri Aug 30 20:42:21 EDT 2002
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