Schopenahuer's Encounter with Indian Thought

Specification: Publisher : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers By :  Stephen Cross  Cover : Hardcover Language : English Edition : 2014 Pages : Weight : 750 gm. Size : ISBN-10 : 8121512794 ISBN-13 : 978-8121512794 Description: Schopenhauer is widely recognized as the Western philosopher who has shown the greatest openness to Indian thought and whose own ideas approach most closely to it. This book examines his encounter with important schools of Hindu and Buddhist philosophy and subjects the principal apparent affinities to a careful analysis. Initial chapters describe Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought in the context of intellectual climate of early nineteenth-century Europe. For the first time, Indian texts and ideas were becoming available and the belief that they could bring about a second Renaissance-an "Oriental Renaissance"-was widespread. Schopenhauer shared in this enthusiasm and for the rest of his life assiduously kept abreast of the new knowledge of India. Principa