The Tale of Carvaka: The Hindu Hedonist-Philosopher - Couverture souple

Raman, Varadaraja

 
9780595349555: The Tale of Carvaka: The Hindu Hedonist-Philosopher

Synopsis

Ananda is a bright youngster with a keen and questioning mind who enjoys life. He and friend Sukarma grow together, but circumstances take them along different paths.Sukarma becomes an ascetic, foreasking worldly pleasures, while Ananda encounters frustrations and tragedies. When his father dies, he follows the rituals, but finds them to be of no avail. He rejects all traditional beliefs, proclaims his atheism and becomes a preacher of hedonism.In the end, Ananda and Sukarma are drawn to a confrontation and the opposing worldviews are brought into the open.This is the story of how Ananda became Cârvâka.

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Ananda is a bright youngster with a keen and questioning mind who enjoys life. He and friend Sukarma grow together, but circumstances take them along different paths.Sukarma becomes an ascetic, foreasking worldly pleasures, while Ananda encounters frustrations and tragedies. When his father dies, he follows the rituals, but finds them to be of no avail. He rejects all traditional beliefs, proclaims his atheism and becomes a preacher of hedonism.In the end, Ananda and Sukarma are drawn to a confrontation and the opposing worldviews are brought into the open.This is the story of how Ananda became Cârvâka.

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9780595671748: The Tale of Carvaka: The Hindu Hedonist-philosopher

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ISBN 10 :  0595671748 ISBN 13 :  9780595671748
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005
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