| Título: | Neoplatonism and Paramādvaita |
| Autores: | Michal Just |
| Fecha: | 2013-07-02 |
| Publicador: | Comparative Philosophy |
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Comparative philosophy Abhinavagupta, authypostasis, brahmāsvāda, comparative philosophy, comparative studies, cross-cultural, δόντος τὸν ἔρωτα, dynamis, ἔκπληξις, Holism, Idealism, Kashmiri Shaivism, līlā, Neoplatonism, nous, πᾶν δὴ τὸ πᾶν, Paramādvaita, Plotinus |
| Descripción: | There has long been a debate on the possible similarity between some forms of Indian and Greek idealistic monism (Advaita and Neoplatonism). After a basic historical introduction to the debate, the text proposes that Paramādvaita, also known as Kashmiri Shaivism, is a more suitable comparandum for Neoplatonism than any other form of Advaita, suggested in the debate. Paramādvaita’s dynamic view of reality summarized in the terms prakāśa-vimarśa or unmeṣa-nimeṣa, corresponds quite precisely to the viewpoint of Neoplatonism, summarized in the similar bipolar terms such as prohodos-epistrophe. The context of the dynamic nature of reality doctrine is also quite similar (svataḥsiddhatva, authypostasis). My arguments are based on the texts of Plotinus and Proclus (Neoplatonism) and the texts of Abhinavagupta, Utpaladeva and Kṣemarāja (Paramādvaita). Several parallel doctrines of both systems are further discussed: the doctrine of creative multilevel subjectivity, the doctrine of mutual omnipresence of all in all, the doctrine of creative multilevel speech, and some corresponding doctrines on aesthetic beauty and its important role in the Soul’s return towards its ultimate source. Some implications of the high degree of correspondence between both systems are considered at the end of the paper, for instance whether some similarities of compared systems might be explained on a structural basis, since both schools ware facing similar sceptical critique (Mādhyamika, Hellenistic scepticism). |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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