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Philosophical Quietism in Nāgārjuna and Early Madhyamaka

Tillemans, Tom J. F.·2016·Oxford Handbooks Online
DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.8
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Nāgārjuna, who founded the school known as Philosophy of the Middle, or Madhyamaka, was an important South Indian Buddhist philosopher who flourished in the second century ce. His writings, as well as those of Āryadeva and the Nāgārjunian commentators, promote a certain type of irenic philosophy or quietism. The particularity of the Madhyamaka is that it emphasizes philosophical analysis as a method leading to quietening of thought. A complex issue is whether Nāgārjuna’s quietism should be seen as a type of anti-intellectualism or sophistical refusal to take responsibility for one’s views. I examine three contemporary interpretations of his claim to have no thesis of his own, and a variety of interpretations of his quietism. I argue that his quietism should be understood as a type of vigilance.

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Authors
Tillemans, T. J. F.
Affiliations
University of Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
Tillemans, Tom J. F.
Venue
Oxford Handbooks Online
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
2016-07-07
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.8
OpenAlex
W2498470203
Semantic Scholar
1b83f977b1745a3b09cf0bff790ad9f66e752d48
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11
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en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Keywords
Nāgārjuna, Madhyamaka, anti-intellectualism, philosophical analysis, sustained attention, Buddhist philosophy

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