Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations

Main author: Flügel, Peter
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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
language_search English
topic BD Speculative Philosophy
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BV Practical Theology
DS Asia
HM Sociology
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PK Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
N Fine Arts
description The history of the Jaina philosophical discourse on the soul is yet to be written. It will inevitably focus on the ways in which the relationship between soul and body is conceived, and what practical implications the various stances carry. For Jaina metaphysics, the existence of the individual soul is an ontological fact. For the history of philosophy, the soul or self is a theory, a concept, 'synthesized from knowledge about the self’ through processes of self-definition. The article explores the history and sociology of the Jaina conception of the soul and the practical implications of variants of two basic stances taken by different Jaina thinkers and traditions along the spectrum between early, classical, and spiritualistic variants of Jaina philosophy.
author_additional Flügel, Peter
author_additionalStr Flügel, Peter
format Book Chapters
author Flügel, Peter
author_facet Flügel, Peter
authorStr Flügel, Peter
author_letter Flügel, Peter
title Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations
publisher Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS
publishDate 2023
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39393/