Vaisesika Philosophy

Materialist Philosophy of Kanada and Kapila (Materialism in Indian Philosophy – Part II)

January 5, 2013

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M N Roy The spiritual revolt represented by the Indian materialists eventually culminated in the rise of Buddhism which all but liquidated the Vedic natural religion and freed India from Brahmanical domination for several hundred years. Internal evidence proves that the Vedanta Sutras were composed for combating Buddhism. Therefore, they could not be regarded as…
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Elements of Materialism in the Nyaya and Vaisesika Philosophy

April 22, 2012

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V. Brodov Elements of Materialism in the Nyaya Philosophy The Nyaya (Sanskr. “rule”, “substantiation”, “method”, “logical inference”, “introduction to a subject”, “deduction”, “logic in general”) is a philosophical system or school that took shape approximately at the end of the 1st century C. E. Gotama (c. 3rd century B. C.) is regarded as the originator…
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