tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post9063951311262302049..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Validity of Sacred Texts other than one's ownelisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-75309866137267933272012-02-23T09:31:55.136+01:002012-02-23T09:31:55.136+01:00Hi Michael,
I do not see how apauruṣeyatva "m...Hi Michael,<br />I do not see how apauruṣeyatva "means that they are by definition first in the field", could you explain further your point?<br />As for the rest of the comment, you are right, I implicitly mixed two issues; in the post I was not describing what happened in Classical Indian philosophy (where relativism is not very much an option), but rather trying to think about a current problem along the terms of Classical Indian philosophy. The risk, I said, is to end up with relativism —a solution which only satisfies a few New Age followers and some atheists.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-79250435478279891432012-02-22T17:19:03.540+01:002012-02-22T17:19:03.540+01:00The advaitins claim that of course but when put to...The advaitins claim that of course but when put to it this very universality only proves their unique superiority. Then there is their apoureesha doctrine which is an unassimilable element and means that they are by definition first in the field. Historical criticism as practiced in the 19th.century in Europe does not play a large role in the in the pandits world as far as I can see but you would know infinitely more about that than I..ombhurbhuvahttp://ombhurbhuva.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com