On Indic philosophy; with special reference of Jaina philosophy.

On Jaina ethics and religious life with reference to Jaina canonical literature.

Festschrift in honor of Visvamūrti Śāstrī, born 1946, Sanskritist; comprises contributed articles on his life and works, Vedic and Sanskrit literature.

Collective biographies of Advaita philosophers from Telangana, India.

Analytical study of concept of soul and god in Jaina philosophy.

This title examines the fields of value theory, normative and applied ethics on the issue of killing animals. It addresses a number of questions: Can painless killing harm or benefit an animal and, if so, why and under what conditions? Can coming into existence harm or benefit an animal? Is killing animals morally acceptable? Should animals have the legal right to life? In addressing these questions, animal rights and animal welfare positions are articulated and debated by some of the foremost (...) thinkers on these issues, with a distinction made between rights-based and utilitarian approaches. (shrink)

Pour divers que soient les jugements qu'ils portent sur l'essence de la civilisation chinoise, il est deux points sur lesquels les spécialistes s'accordent. Le premier est que la Chine n'a jamais connu ni même imaginé qu'une seule forme de gouvernement, et le second que le débat d'idées tel qu'il se pratique en Occident depuis les Grecs n'y avait pas cours. Les traductions des trois polémiques que nous présentons ici ont pour premier objet d'apporter un démenti à ces assertions. ".

La lectura nos permite disponer de una caja de herramientas que puede y debe contribuir a la mejora de los entornos en donde los individuos y la sociedad tejen sus quehaceres. Este ensayo analiza con rigor y amenidad las distintas funciones que la lectura puede cumplir: desde su placer hasta sus usos como forma de conocimiento, pasando por la lectura como un instrumento de transformación moral.

The article analyses the development of the idea of sovereignty, which is the result of six centuries of intellectual and political development that began in the early Middle Ages. Having studied the development of this idea from the idea of the plenitudo potestatis of the papacy in Gregory VII to the idea of the sovereign individual in Locke, the authors conclude that the modern understanding of popular sovereignty and the state is a consequence of the modern idea of sovereign individuals (...) that form a political community in the only possible way - on the basis of agreement. (shrink)