Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics East and West

by Patrick Laude

Book Overview

In this pioneering work of comparative metaphysics, Patrick Laude delves into Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish concepts of Reality and Appearance to offer a uniquely lucid exploration of metaphysical representations of reality, relativity, appearance, and illusion. Laude includes discussions of the Absolute and the Relative in Hindu Advaita Vedānta, Kashmiri Śaivism, Sufi wahdat al-wujūd, and Madhyamaka...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438466811
• ISBN13: 9781438466811
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"