Art. VIII.—On the Will in Buddhism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9277002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhys Davids (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1898 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-59 |
| Publication date | 1898-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-869X • E-ISSN: 2051-2066 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0035869x00146192 |
| OpenAlex | W2323303559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
It is only to be expected, while the ancient literature of Buddhist philosophy is inaccessible to the general critic, and still to some extent also to the Indianist, that many hasty generalizations and one-sided conclusions concerning the nature of Buddhist ideals and discipline should continue to prevail. Enough, however, has already been accomplished in the editing of texts to render some revision of what may be called common errors not altogether premature. There is, for instance, much that is misleading, or downright false, in labelling Gotama's doctrine as Pessimism, Pantheism, Atheism, Nihilism, Quietism, or Apatheia. Nor is that recent criticism altogether discriminating which finds in it the closest coincidences with that of Schopenhauer, or characterizes it bluntly as an ethic rooted in egoism, or as “the crassest eudaemonism,” and aspiring to moral stultification
Atheism · Buddhism · Criticism · Doctrine · Emptiness · Epistemology · Ethical egoism · Falsity · Literature · Nihilism · Pessimism · Theology · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2018 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |