Frits Staal (1930–2012)
Autore di Exploring Mysticism: A Methodological Essay
Sull'Autore
Opere di Frits Staal
Nambudiri Veda recitation 3 copie
Grote Winkler Prins, deel 2 3 copie
India and beyond : aspects of literature, meaning, ritual and thought : essays in honour of Frits Staal (2013) 2 copie
The science of ritual 2 copie
Een wijsgeer in het Oosten 1 copia
Exploring Mysticism: A Methodological Essay (Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley) by Frits Staal… (1623) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Staal, Frits
- Data di nascita
- 1930-11-03
- Data di morte
- 2012-02-19
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Gecremeerd
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Nederlands
- Luogo di nascita
- Amsterdam, Nederland
- Luogo di morte
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Attività lavorative
- Filosoof
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 26
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 249
- Popolarità
- #91,698
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 2
Staal extracts concrete information from the Oral Tradition and Archaeology about Vedic people and their language, what they thought and did, and where they went and when. He provides essential information about the Vedas and includes selections and translations. He sheds light on mantras and rituals that contributed to what came to be known as Hinduism. Significant is a modern analysis of what we can learn from the Vedas today: the original forms of the Vedic sciences, as well as the perceptive wisdom of the composers of the Vedas. The author puts Vedic civilization in a global perspective through a wide-ranging comparison with other Indic philosophies and religions, primarily Buddhism.
For Staal, originally a logician, the voyage of discovering the Vedas is like unpeeling an onion but without the certainty of reaching an end. Even so, his book shows that the Vedas have a logic all their own. Accessible, finely argued, and with a wealth of information and insight, Discovering the Vedas is for both the scholar and the interested lay reader.… (altro)