Monism
Posted on 16 January 2011
Peter discusses the "father of metaphysics," Parmenides, and his argument that all being is one.
Posted on 16 January 2011
The paradoxes of Zeno and the arguments of Melissus develop the ideas of Parmenides and defend his Eleatic monism.
Posted on 8 December 2013
Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, unites with philosophy in the work of Ibn 'Arabī.
Posted on 1 June 2014
The Persian poet Rūmī and mystical philosopher al-Qūnawī carry on the legacy of Sufism.
Posted on 7 June 2014
Peter is joined by Mohammed Rustom in a discussion about Sufi authors including Ibn 'Arabī, al-Qūnawī, and Rūmī.
Posted on 4 September 2016
Śaṅkara and his “non-dual” (Advaita) Vedānta, which teaches that only brahman is real, and the world of experience and individual self are mere illusion.
Posted on 18 September 2016
The grammarian Bhartṛhari argues that the study of language is the path to liberation, because the undivided reality underlying language is brahman.
Posted on 2 October 2016
Francis Clooney joins us to discuss the religious and philosophical aspects of Vedānta.
Posted on 18 February 2018
The impact of ancient Indian thought upon the Muslim scholar al-Bīrūnī and upon European thinkers like Hume, Hegel, and Schopenhauer.
