02325 a2200361 4500 1032084782 20250317100415.0 250312042021GB eng 9781032084787 Taylor & Francis GBP 41.99 BB 01 eng QDHC thema GTM thema QRA thema QRDF thema 1FKA bisac HPDF bic GTB bic HRA bic HRGS bic 1FKA bisac REL017000 bisac REL032000 bisac SOC053000 bisac 181.44 bisac Ionut Moise Salvation in Indian Philosophy Perfection and Simplicity for Vaiśeṣika 1 Oxford Routledge 20210630 228 p This book offers a comprehensive description of the ‘doctrine of salvation’ (niḥśreyasa/ mokṣa) and Vaiśeṣika, one of the oldest philosophical systems of Indian philosophy and provides an overview of theories in other related Indian philosophical systems and classical doctrines of salvation. The book examines liberation, the fourth goal of life and arguably one of the most important topics in Indian philosophy, from a comparative philosophical perspective. Contextualising classical Greek Philosophy which contains the three goals of life (Aristotle’s Ethics), and explains salvation as first understood in the theology of the Hellenistic and Patristics periods, the author analyses six classical philosophical schools of Indian philosophy in which there is a marked emphasis on the ultimate ontological elements of the world and ‘self’. Analysing Vaiśeṣika and the manner in which this lesser known system has put forward its own theory of salvation (niḥśreyasa), the author demonstrates its significance and originality as an old and influential philosophical system. He argues that it is essential for the study of other Indian sciences and for the study of all comparative philosophy. An extensive introduction to Indian soteriology, this book will be an important reference work for academics interested in comparative religion and philosophy, Indian philosophy, Asian religion and South Asian Studies. 2802 2802