Philosophy East/philosophy West: A Critical Comparison of Indian, Chinese, Islamic, and European Philosophy

accept al-Ash'ari Allah ancient answer appears Arabic argued argument Aristotle assumed assumptions Atman atoms Augustine Averroes basic believe Brahman Buddhist Cambridge causality century chap China Chinese philosophy Christian Chuang Tzu comparative comparison concept Confucian consciousness contradiction culture debate Descartes dharmas doctrine Europe European everything example existence external faith Greek Hinayana Hindu History human Ibid ideas Indian philosophy Islamic Islamic philosophy Kant knowledge Kumarajiva language Lao Tzu logic London means medieval Mencius metaphysical Mimamsa mind Muslim Nagarjuna nature Nyaya object Oxford University Press perceive perception perhaps person philo Plato Plotinus position possible principle Quran rational reality reason relation religion religious revelation Sankara Sanskrit says sceptic scholar scriptures seems sense social sophy Spinoza śruti statement Taoist teacher theology theory things thought tion tradition trans translation truth unity Upanishads Vasubandhu Vedanta Vedas village void Western words York