Product Details:
Hardbound Edition
- Hardbound; 270 pages; 14 x 21.6 (centimeters); 5.5 x 8.5 (inches)
- 8 color illustrations; index
- Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; First issue: 1999
- ISBN: 0-89213-326-0
- Suggested Audience: Introductory
Here’s a fascinating series of insights into some of Western philosophy's salient ideas and a concise yet thorough presentation of the basics of bhakti-yoga.
“To err is human” applies equally to the layman and the philosopher. Each philosopher tends to arrive at a different set of answers to the fundamental questions. This constant overhauling of philosophies throughout Western history can make the study of philosophy frustrating, especially for people consulting philosophers not just to play an intellectual game but to find practical answers to life’'s most perplexing questions.
From the back cover:
From Socrates to Sartre, Western philosophers have grappled with the ultimate questions: “What is the meaning of life?” “Does God exist?” “What is the supreme Good, and how can we achieve it?” A thoughtful person should be eager to learn the solutions to these mysteries—yet he or she will look in vain for conclusive answers from Western thinkers. As brilliant as their writings are, they leave s in doubt, wondering if these questions can ever truly be answered.
“Yes, they can,” declares the author of Beyond Illusion and Doubt, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whom scholars and spiritual leaders worldwide recognize as the most distinguished teacher of Indian culture and philosophy of the modern age. In this remarkable series of conversations on the ideas of fifteen leading Western philosophers, Srila Prabhupada points out the ideas’ good points and defects, presents the Vedic view, and outlines the process of yoga by which we can transcend illusion and doubt in our own lives and proceed with certainty on the path to perfection.
