The Fifth Corner of Four: An Essay on Buddhist Metaphysics and the Catuṣkoṭi

by Graham Priest

Graham Priest presents an exploration of Buddhist metaphysics, drawing on texts which include those of N g rjuna and D gen. The development of Buddhist metaphysics is viewed through the lens of the catuṣkoṭi. At its simplest, and as it appears in the earliest texts, this is a logical/ metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but the principle itself evolves, assuming new forms, as the metaphysics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192894676
• ISBN13: 9780192894670
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"