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This chapter introduces Schopenhauer’s highly praised source of Indian wisdom, the Oupnek’hat , and examines possible inspiring impulses and points of contact between its core topic of self-realization and Schopenhauer’s conception of the self, of compassion, and cognition beyond the principle of sufficient reason.
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Kurbel, M. (2017). Inspiration from India. In: Shapshay, S. (eds) The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62947-6_5
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