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Man a Machine, Man a Yogi
In Fritz Allhoff & Liz Stillwaggon Swan (eds.), Yoga ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 73–83 (2011-10-14)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Classical Tradition Descartes: Minds as Captains, Bodies as Ships Rejecting Descartes: Ships Passing in the Night.
man a machine, man a yogi and yoga's critics different schools, different goals and practices Patañjali's Yoga Sutras, the Ashtanga, eight‐limbed practice urdhva mukha svanasana, or upward‐facing dog Descartes, Meditations, minds as captains, bodies as ships Patañjali's weak dualism, the mind–body problem Alberti von Haller's Primae Lineae Physiologiae treating bodies, as machines with interworking parts Western medicine, strictly materialist orientation yoga, two primary lines of criticism
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