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Is the history of the Enlightenment's link with eastern concepts documented anywhere? Clearly Hume uses eastern concepts ("I" am just a bundle of thoughts; cau
by geye1234 3y ago
Is the history of the Enlightenment's link with eastern concepts documented anywhere?
Clearly Hume uses eastern concepts ("I" am just a bundle of thoughts; causality is just a projection; etc). And the anti-Aristotelianism of the Enlightenment (hostility to concepts such as substantial form) could be seen as eastern too. I'm not sure if this history has ever been documented though.
The Enlightenment is seen as paradigmatically western, and in a way it is, and yet it tried to reject pretty much the entirety of western philosophy that came before it -- perhaps even under eastern influence.
Stuff is never simple, is it?
- mihaic 3y agoYeah, the story is always more complicated than what you generally hear. I've never read about the eastern connection to the Enlightenment in any place, but lots of references pop up. A translation of the play Shakuntala by Kalidasa seems to have created a bit of stir for instance, even inspiring some of the structure in Faust by Goethe.