Monism
Posted on 16 January 2011
The paradoxes of Zeno and the arguments of Melissus develop the ideas of Parmenides and defend his Eleatic monism.
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Posted on 8 December 2013
Sufism, the mystical tradition of Islam, unites with philosophy in the work of Ibn 'Arabī.
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Posted on 1 June 2014
The Persian poet Rūmī and mystical philosopher al-Qūnawī carry on the legacy of Sufism.
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Posted on 7 June 2014
Peter is joined by Mohammed Rustom in a discussion about Sufi authors including Ibn 'Arabī, al-Qūnawī, and Rūmī.
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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.
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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.
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Posted on 2 October 2016
Francis Clooney joins us to discuss the religious and philosophical aspects of Vedānta.
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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.
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Posted on 16 January 2011
Peter discusses the "father of metaphysics," Parmenides, and his argument that all being is one.