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Reason, Emotion, and Beyond: Revisiting Schopenhauer, Bhartṛhari, and Abhinavagupta

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The main suggestion presented in this chapter is that human life as envisaged in Schopenhauer’s writings is a multifaceted phenomenon characterized by faculties of reasoning , emotions , and creativity among others. Given this fact about Schopenhauer’s philosophy, ideas expounded by Bhartṛhari and Abhinavagupta regarding linguistic and aesthetic understanding present themselves as more eligible Indian counterparts of Schopenhauer’s metaphysics in general and his ideas on the creative principle in particular in comparison with Advaita Vedānta or Buddhism.

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    Ajay Verma

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Deshbandhu College, New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Verma, A. (2017). Reason, Emotion, and Beyond: Revisiting Schopenhauer, Bhartṛhari, and Abhinavagupta. In: Barua, A. (eds) Schopenhauer on Self, World and Morality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5954-4_7

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