traditional divisions of philosophy

[Guest guest]

>Query: presuming that the traditional acceptance of these divisions is

>within Western philosophy, who first delineated them and how widely are they

>accepted? How far does this division of categories apply to Vedic

>philosophy?

 

I think it's a pretty standard division. There are always fussy

scholars who want to tweak the list this way and that, but that's

basically it.

With best wishes,

Your servant,

Hridayananda das Goswami

[Guest guest]

> Query: presuming that the traditional acceptance of these divisions is

> within Western philosophy, who first delineated them and how widely are

> they accepted? How far does this division of categories apply to Vedic

> philosophy?

 

As these words are of Greek origin they should come from some big Greek

philosophers like Plato or Aristotle. This should be explained in major

encyclopedias.

 

A.C. Bhaktivaibhava Swami presented a lecture "Four Systems of Western

Philosophy in the Bhagavad-gita" at Harvard U and Charles U in Prague in

1999. He gives this list of BG verses related to these terms:

 

13.3, 10.8, 13.18 - epistemology

8.20 - metaphysics

13.5 - logic

10.41 - esthetics, 4.13 - ethics

 

He may have more info on this.

 

Hope this helps

 

ys bh. Jan