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The problem of presential knowledge in the illumination philosophy of Suhrawardi
(2020)
In Islamic philosophy the relationship between God and the Human subject has been an interesting and difficult problem. While mystics claim a direct connection with God, philosophers and other theologians find that the use ...
Scientia sacra: a holistic educational approach for transforming environmental consciousness
(2020)
This research studies the educational approach to the environmental crisis called Scientia Sacra which was developed by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a perennial and a contemporary Islamic philosopher. The paper aims to understand ...
Overcoming the passions in Spinoza: a Buddhist reading
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
Spinoza’s philosophy and Buddhism have often been compared based upon their tendencies towards seeing the world as a single order and moving beyond our passions and desires. But the comparison of these philosophies ...
Understanding Mehm Tin Mon's interpretation of alobha (non-greed) and the practice of generosity
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
A great scholar of the Abhidhamma in Myanmar, Mehm Tin Mon interpreted alobha as a mental state. He considered non-attachment to sense-objects and greedlessness as the chief characteristics of alobha. To put alobha into ...
Some Wittgensteinian reflections on translation practice in a Chinese context
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
The global integration of economic, social and cultural activities has pushed the importance of translation to a new level. With the sheer volume of translation, and the increased demand for ...