The comparative study of eastern and western metaphysics: A perennialist perspective

Sophia 46 (1):49-64 (2007)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The comparative study of Eastern and Western philosophy has been hindered and/or distorted by Eurocentric assumptions about “philosophy”, especially the overvaluation of rationality as an instrument of knowledge. The widespread discounting of Eastern thought derives, in large measure, from the modern Western failure to understand the nature of the traditional metaphysics of both the Occident and the East. This failure can be remedied by recourse to the work of a group of “traditionalist” or “perennialist” thinkers who expose the limitations of many approaches to the comparative study of philosophy in general and metaphysics in particular.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,593

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
89 (#175,742)

6 months
6 (#202,901)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

Heidegger.George Steiner - 1978 - Hassocks [Eng.]: Harvester Press.
The transcendent unity of religions.Frithjof Schuon - 1953 - Wheaton, Ill., U.S.A.: Theosophical Pub. House.
The Quest: History and Meaning in Religion.Mircea Eliade - 1969 - University of Chicago Press.
What is Sufism?Victor Danner & Martin Lings - 1977 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 97 (4):608.

View all 12 references / Add more references