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Classical Indian philosophy
Over more than two thousand years, Indian thinkers built rival schools with sophisticated theories of the self, reality, knowledge and logic. Most saw philosophy as a path to freedom from suffering, and they argued with one another as sharply as any philosophers anywhere.
In this topic
- Philosophy as a path to freedom
- The Vedas
- The Upanishads: atman and Brahman
- Orthodox and heterodox schools
- Samkhya and Yoga
- Nyaya and Vaisheshika
- Worked example: a Nyaya inference
- Mimamsa and Vedanta
- Buddhists, Jains and Charvakas
- Worked example: four views of the self
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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