Philosophers in Modern India/ Satischandra Chatterjee & Dhirendramohan Dutta/ An Introduction to Indian Philosophy / University of Calcutta/ Publication: 1960 /Number of pages: 457/
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy
This book, written jointly by Satischandra Chatterjee and Dhirendramohan Datta, offers an introduction to the three nāstika and six āstika schools of classical Indian Philosophy. The authors present the salient epistemological, logical, metaphysical and ethical views of each of the schools of classical Indian philosophy.
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Philosophers of Modern India |
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University of Calcutta |
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1960 |
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457 |
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