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Nagarjuna's Madhymaka: A Philosophical Introduction Hardcover - 2009

by Jan Westerhoff


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The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the 'second Buddha.' His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or 'emptiness.' For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally 'own-nature' or 'self-nature', and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.

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  • Title Nagarjuna's Madhymaka: A Philosophical Introduction
  • Author Jan Westerhoff
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, 2009. 256p. Hardback. it is a rich philosophical feast. Richard P. Hayes
  • Date 2009-02-23
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780195375213 / 0195375211
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Religious
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Madhyamika (Buddhism), Nagarjuna
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008024577
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.392

About the author


Jan Westerhoff is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham, United Kingdom.
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