Mahanirvana Tantra: Tantra of the Great Liberation (Forgotten Books) - Softcover
Tantra, tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hindu, Bonpo, Buddhist, and Jain forms. Tantra in its various forms has existed in South Asia, China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia and Mongolia. David Gordon White, while cautioning against attempting a rigorous definition of what is a protean practice. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
About the Author
Alexandre Koyre (1892 - 1964)
Alexandre Koyre (August 29, 1892, Taganrog - April 28, 1964, Paris), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koire, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on history and the philosophy of science.
Koyre was born in the city of Taganrog on 29 August 1892 into a Russian family of Jewish origin. His original name was - Alexandr Vladimirovich Koyrakskiy. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing his studies abroad.
In Gottingen, Germany (1908-1911) he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did not approve of Koyre's dissertation, whereupon Koyre left for Paris, to study from 1912 under Bergson, Brunschvig, Lalande, Delbos and Picavet. After Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, a series of lectures given in Paris and one of the more important of Husserl's later works, Koyre met with him repeatedly and influenced his understanding of Galileo.
In 1914 he joined the Foreign Legion in France as soon as the war broke out, and in 1916 volunteered in a Russian regiment fighting on the Russian front, following a cooperation agreement between the French and Russian governments.
In Paris Koyre taught from 1922 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), and became a colleague of Alexandre Kojeve, who eventually replaced him as le
About the Author
Alexandre Koyre (1892 - 1964)
Alexandre Koyre (August 29, 1892, Taganrog - April 28, 1964, Paris), sometimes anglicised as Alexander Koire, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on history and the philosophy of science.
Koyre was born in the city of Taganrog on 29 August 1892 into a Russian family of Jewish origin. His original name was - Alexandr Vladimirovich Koyrakskiy. In Russia he studied in Tiflis and Odessa, before pursuing his studies abroad.
In Gottingen, Germany (1908-1911) he studied under Edmund Husserl and David Hilbert. Husserl did not approve of Koyre's dissertation, whereupon Koyre left for Paris, to study from 1912 under Bergson, Brunschvig, Lalande, Delbos and Picavet. After Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, a series of lectures given in Paris and one of the more important of Husserl's later works, Koyre met with him repeatedly and influenced his understanding of Galileo.
In 1914 he joined the Foreign Legion in France as soon as the war broke out, and in 1916 volunteered in a Russian regiment fighting on the Russian front, following a cooperation agreement between the French and Russian governments.
In Paris Koyre taught from 1922 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), and became a colleague of Alexandre Kojeve, who eventually replaced him as le
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1606201441
- ISBN 13 9781606201442
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages326
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