An initial approach to the therapeutic dimension of Indian philosophy

 

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Autor: Bennetts, Egdar
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2025
Descripción:Several studies have addressed the comparison between Indian and Western philosophy from multiple perspectives. Although this work is not a comparative analysis, it is based on the conceptual framework applied to Western philosophy, developed by authors such as Pierre Hadot, Michel Foucault, and Martha Nussbaum, to investigate the therapeutic dimension of Indian philosophy. In this line, it is significant that researchers such as Jonardon Ganeri and Wilhelm Halbfass have undertaken analogous explorations. Their contributions demonstrate that Indian doctrines particularly –Nyāya and Vedānta– share with Hellenistic philosophies not only the therapeutic conception of philosophy, but also the notion that such therapy implies a "return to the self." This return aims to dismantle the illusion of the false, egotistical, and closed self (personal identity), freeing the subject from the alienations that separate them from their true self (ātman), linked to objectivity and universality. Vedantic concepts such as ārogya and svāsthya also capture this same idea, referring both to a “state of coinciding with oneself” and to the Indian ideal of liberation (mokṣa), typically understood as the supreme cure.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/923
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rriea/article/view/923
Palabra clave:Philosophical Therapy
Care of the Self
Indian Philosophy
Nyāya, Vedānta
Terapia filosófica
Cuidado de sí
Filosofía india