Central Philosophy of Buddhism

<p>Originally published in 1955.</p><p>The Madhyamika philosophy is, in the author’s view, the philosophy which created a revolution in Buddhism and through that in the whole range of Indian philosophy. This volume is a study of the Madhyamika philosophy in all its important aspects and is divided into three parts: </p><p>Historical: this traces the origin and development of the Madhyamika philosophy. </p><p>The second part concentrates on a full and critical exposition of the Madhyamika philosophy, the structure of its dialectic, its conception of the Absolute and its ethics and religion. </p><p>The last part of the book compares the Madhyamika with some of the well-known dialectical systems of the West (Kant, Hegel and Bradley) and undertakes a short study of the different absolutisms (Madhyamika, Vijnanavada and the Vedanta).</p> <ol> <li>The Two Traditions in Indian Philosophy</li> <p> </p> <li>The "Silence" of the Buddha and the Beginnings of the Dialectic</li> <p> </p> <li>Development of the Two Traditions and the Emergence of the Mahyamika System</li> <p> </p> <li>The Influence of the Madhyamika Dialectic</li> <p> </p> <li>The Structure of the Madhyamika Dialectic</li> <p> </p> <li>Some Objections against the Dialectic Considered</li> <p> </p> <li>Application of the Dialectic</li> <p> </p> <li>The Madhyamika Conception of Philosophy as Prajna-Paramita</li> <p> </p> <li>Absolute and Phenomena</li> <p> </p> <li>Dialectic and Freedom</li> <p> </p> <li>Absolute and Tathgata</li> <p> </p> <li>The Madhyamika and Some Western Dialectical Systems</li> </ol><p>The Madhyamika, Vijnanavada and Vedanta </p>