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... considered a complex of manyness ( aneka ) but also as manifold ( anekānta ) since each one of the multiplicity of reals is , in turn manifold or complex to its core . As another author puts it , the central thesis of the Jaina is that ...
... considered a complex of manyness ( aneka ) but also as manifold ( anekānta ) since each one of the multiplicity of reals is , in turn manifold or complex to its core . As another author puts it , the central thesis of the Jaina is that ...
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... considered two diametrically opposed ones . It would emerge then that even when only one aspect , viz . the material aspect ( pudgala ) of Ajiva is considered , that too by restricting our focus on an aspect of the metaphysical problem ...
... considered two diametrically opposed ones . It would emerge then that even when only one aspect , viz . the material aspect ( pudgala ) of Ajiva is considered , that too by restricting our focus on an aspect of the metaphysical problem ...
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... considered only as aspects of a totality . As long as the different perspectives are considered as independent viewpoints which claim validity for themselves as against other perspectives , no meaningful synthesis can result . But the ...
... considered only as aspects of a totality . As long as the different perspectives are considered as independent viewpoints which claim validity for themselves as against other perspectives , no meaningful synthesis can result . But the ...
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Preliminary Considerations | 1 |
Jainism As Metaphilosophy | 2 |
Philosophy As Criticism I | 27 |
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