Studies in Philosophy

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This edition represents all the published and only a few unpublished writings of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya. The published writings date back 1908, but his characteristic philosophical position assumes definite shape in the writings during the years 1928-36. The publications of the period outnumber and far outweigh those that fall during the previous twenty years. Of the twenty-one tracts published first in two separate volumes, which in this edition appear as bound together in one, fourteen belong to this period, the others cover the previous years.
Prof. Bhattacharyya made a deep study of ancient Indian philosophy, particularly of Advaita Vedanta, Sankhya, Yoga and Jain Philosophies. Vol. 1 contains Prof. Bhattacharyya's constructive interpretation of these systems. He was also well-versed in classical German Philosophy, particularly that of Kant. His vast and deep study provided the intellectual background in the light of which his profoundly original mind could go on with the work of construction. He constructed a new system of his own which however is not easy to comprehend. Vol. 2 contains all the basic writings in which Prof. Bhattacharyya's philosophy has been formulated. In the Introduction to this volume the editor has usefully analysed the author's philosophical position in some detail.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Krishnachandra Bhattacharya

Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (May 12, 1875 – December 11, 1949) was a philosopher at Calcutta University who studied one of the central questions of Hindu philosophy, which is how mind, life or consciousness creates an apparently material universe.His answer was that the question itself is illegitimate, because it is asked from a position anchored in maya (illusion). On attaining knowledge of Brahman, illusion drops away and there are no more questions. The last knowledge that an individual has as an individual is the knowledge that all this is mere illusion. Beyond that is only the blissful residing in Brahman. Until then, "why" is a matter of faith, not reason.

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Title
Studies in Philosophy
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Edition
Reprint.
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ISBN
9788120829725
Length
xliii+731p., 23cm.
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