On Being And What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology

by Wilhelm Halbfass

Preface


1 The Question of Being

2 The Question of Being in General HistoricalPerspectives

3 Genesis, Enumeration, and the Question of Being

4 The Vaisesika An Introductory Survey

5 The Vaisesika Concept of Substance

6 The Vaisesika Concept of Guna and the Problem ofUniversals

7 The Conceptualization of Being in Classical Vaisesika

8 Genesis and Temporal Existence in Early and Classical Vaisesika

9 The Vaisesika Concept of Time

10 Epilogue


Appendix 1: Selected Ontological Texts

Appendix 2: The Concept of Visesa and the Name of the Vaisesika System

Ontological Terms in Classical Vaisesika

Abbreviations

Index

Genres: Philosophy

303 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jeremy M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent modern perspective of the Vaiśeṣika system of ancient India.

[A. B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent overview of the Vaisheshika system of ontology with related perspectives from other schools also explored. It got a bit too technical in some parts, but nevertheless accessible.