Beyond Illusion & Doubt

by A.C. Prabhupda

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892133368
• ISBN13: 9780892133369
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"

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No Philosophical Study Is Complete Without This Book

Don't judge a book by its cover. You can read hundereds of book on Philosophy and still be in doubt Or you can read this one book and get conclusive answers for the ulimtate questions that have grappled the great philosphers.The 15 leading philosophers' ideas are analyzed in general and also in the light of Vedic Knowledge and most importantly straight-forward conclusions are arrived at. No study of Philosophy can be complete without studying this monumental work. Besides Philosophy and Psychology, If you are also interested in Self Improvment, Leadership, Positive Thinking, this book will be worthier than 100's of top philosophical/self improvement/etc. books put together. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Socrates Chapter 2: Plato Chapter 3: Aristotle Chapter 4: Origen Chapter 5: Augustine Chapter 6: Thomas Aquinas Chapter 7: Kierkegaard Chapter 8: Schopenhauer Chapter 9: Darwin Chapter 10: John Stuart Mill Chapter 11: Marx Chapter 12: Nietzsche Chapter 13: Freud Chapter 14: Sartre Chapter 15: Carl Jung

Beyond Illusion & Doubt - So it is!

It's said ability for self realization is what makes men different from animals. So we read so much of Philosophy from the books of western philosophers as eastern philosophies have been hard to get until this New Age movement. In this book the founder of Hare Krishna Movement - ISKCON provides a Vedic angle to philosophies of all famous thinkers of the west. From Fraud to Jung, From Marx to Socrates etc. The authors views are on these philosphies is so enlightened, powerful and that it puts all of them in the right perspectives. While reading this as we get some introduction to prominent western thought, the authors illumination of the Vedic view so enlightening that it challenges reader to use own sensibilities understands some dogmas and glaring gaps in certain theories as of Fraud's. It's like getting hot daal soup to go with bowl of plain rice!This book is a must read for all seekers of philosophy and self realization.