[Buddha-l] Batchelor

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Dan,
Op 19-05-10 22:22, Dan Lusthaus schreef:
> Some held that God's will (and knowledge) only concerned Necessity (on the
> centrality of "Necessity" cf. the climax of the tale of Er in Bk. X of The
> Republic). God only knows universals, and his Will could only produce
> necessary effects. Contingency is the human world, where choice (another
> type of will) can occur.
Al Farabi, Duns Scotus and Thomas were positive about God's creation of 
contingent things.
>   When modern philosophy jettisoned necessity, they
> also lost "certainty".
Medieval philosohpers were not certain they were meshed in scriptural 
interpretations. Descartes found new certainty, according to himself, 
Locke, Kant, Hegel and many others.
>   Enter Sartre -- a pure philosophy of the will,
> projection can engender its own telos, living for the project, which can be
> invented ex nihilo.
Engagement, mon ami, and choice, freedom and responsability.
>
> As for being otherwise, Buddhism does deal with this sort of alterity:
> anyathatvam -- a crucial aspect that plays a key role in the Abhidharmakosa
> and in Sthiramati's Bhasya on the Trimsika. I devote a chapter to it in
> Buddhist Phenomenology under the heading "alterity."
>
>    
I hope to find soon an opportunity to read it. What's your opinion on 
the influence of Sāmkhya on the Yogacāra? I ask this because reading the 
phenomenologist Michel Henry reminded me of Sāmkhya.

erik