Classical Indian Philosophy
by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri · first published 2020
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"Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world's richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these inspired, known as Upani.sads. They also discuss other famous texts of classical Vedic culture, especially the Mah=abh=arata and its most notable section, the Bhagavad-G=ita, alongside the rise of Buddhism and Jainism. In this opening section, Adamson and Ganeri emphasize the way that philosophy was practiced as a form of life in search of liberat
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The Further Reading sections at the ends of volumes 3 (Philosophy in the Islamic World) and 5 (Classical Indian Philosophy) by Peter Adamson et al are great.
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