Buddhism and Spinoza on the three kinds of knowledge

IF 0.5 2区哲学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1080/09552367.2023.2185992

Soraj Hongladarom

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The conceptions of three kinds of knowledge in Buddhism and in Spinoza are compared. There are both similarities and differences in the two conceptions, both of which provide interesting insights into both traditions. The similarities are that the three kinds of knowledge represent a hierarchical structure, starting from the first kind, characterized by sense perception. The second kind for Spinoza is characterized by rational knowledge, which is comparable to the Buddhist second kind, which is about thinking through what one has heard. These two kinds lead to the third kind of knowledge, which in Spinoza is intuitive knowledge, and in Buddhism is knowledge by mental cultivation. In both traditions, these three kinds of knowledge lead to soteriological aims. Among the differences is that Spinoza presents his three kinds of knowledge through a series of axioms and proofs, whereas in Buddhism they form a guideline for the practitioner.

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佛教与斯宾诺莎论三种知识

比较了佛教和斯宾诺莎关于三种知识的概念。这两个概念既有相似之处，也有不同之处，都为两种传统提供了有趣的见解。这三种知识的相似之处在于，它们表现出一种层次结构，从第一种知识开始，以感官知觉为特征。斯宾诺莎的第二种思想以理性知识为特征，这与佛教的第二种思想类似，即通过所听到的东西进行思考。这两种知识引出了第三种知识，在斯宾诺莎那里是直观的知识，在佛教那里是心灵修炼的知识。在这两种传统中，这三种知识都通向救赎论的目标。不同之处在于，斯宾诺莎通过一系列的公理和证明来呈现他的三种知识，而在佛教中，它们是实践者的指导方针。

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期刊介绍： Asian Philosophy is an international journal concerned with such philosophical traditions as Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist and Islamic. The purpose of the journal is to bring these rich and varied traditions to a worldwide academic audience. It publishes articles in the central philosophical areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, moral and social philosophy, as well as in applied philosophical areas such as aesthetics and jurisprudence. It also publishes articles comparing Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.