Ramanuja on Time

DOI

10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.12How to use a DOI?

Keywords

time; substance; specifier; difference; identity; existence; non-existence

Abstract

In an investigation on how time was introduced into the system of Ramanuja, the author focuses on his refutation of the Jaina concept of time in his commentary on Brahmasutra 2.2.31. Starting with an outline of the opponent’s arguments regarding whether time is substance or a specific state, the paper shows how Ramanuja criticizes the idea that one state is simultaneously present, and others are not. This is the basis he used to refute the Jaina concept of time, whereupon he introduces his own doctrine in just a few sentences. The tradition after Ramanuja tentatively interprets Ramanuja as positing time as a substance, without totally dismissing the possibility that he accepts time as a specifier of other categories.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Marcus Schmucker
PY  - 2018/07
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TI  - Ramanuja on Time
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 49
EP  - 53
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.12
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