Murti, T.R.V. The Central Philosophy of Buddhism. A Study of the Madhyamika System. Fourth Impression. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1974. 14 cm x 16 cm. XIII, 372 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on edge. Few minor spots on the edge. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper. Includes for example the following essays: Origin and Development of the Madhyamika Philosophy / The Two Traditions in Indian Philosophy / The 'Silence' of the Buddha and the Beginning of the Dialectic / Development in the Atma-tradition / The Madhyamika and some Western Dialectical Systems / Kant and the Madhyamika / The Hegelian and the Madhyamika Dialectic / Bradley and the Madhyamika / Sunyata is Absolutism, not Nihilism or Positivism etc etc

Advaita Vedānta is the most important philosophical system in India. It involves a discipline of spiritual experience as well as a technical philosophy, and since the time of Samkara in the ninth century some of the greatest intellects in India have contributed to its development.

In his reconstruction of Advaita Vedānta, Eliot Deutsch has lifted the system out of its historical/cultural context and has concentrated attention on those ideas which have enduring philosophical value. He has sought to formulate systematically one's understanding of what is of universal philosophical interest in Vedantic thought. Professor Deutsch's work covers the basic metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical ideas of Vedānta.

Students and scholars of Western as well as of Indian philosophy will be interested in the lucid, organized manner in which the material is presented and in the fresh interpretations given. The book is written in a critical rather than simply "pious" spirit and should thus also be of interest to anyone interested in deepening his or her appreciation and understanding of the richness of Indian thought.