Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka : a philosophical introduction

Jan Westerhoff

The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the 'second Buddha.' His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or 'emptiness.' For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally 'own-nature' or 'self-nature', and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.

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The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the "second Buddha." His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or "emptiness." For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally "own-nature" or "self-nature," and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.

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[目次]

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Interpretations of svabhava
  • 3. Negation
  • 4. The catuskoti or tetralemma
  • 5. Causation
  • 6. Motion
  • 7. The self
  • 8. Epistemology
  • 9. Language
  • 10. Conclusion
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

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[目次]

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Interpretations of svabhava
  • 3. Negation
  • 4. The catuskoti or tetralemma
  • 5. Causation
  • 6. Motion
  • 7. The self
  • 8. Epistemology
  • 9. Language
  • 10. Conclusion
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

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書名 Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka : a philosophical introduction
著作者等 Westerhoff, Jan
書名別名 Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 2009
ページ数 xiii, 242 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 9780195384963
9780195375213
NCID BA89311977
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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