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I feel like the Western philosophy is inherently depressing and their world-view is mostly nihilistic, I want to juxtapose the Western philosophies with Hindu/Indian philosophy. Are there any good books or texts on this?

I want to understand where the two philosophies stand on major issues of life and death, morality, purpose and relationships.

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    First of all there no one Western philosophy. Which theory do you adhere to? – Wikash_ Jan 4 at 22:53
  • archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.7229/page/n1/mode/2up in two volumes, archive.org/details/IndianPhilosophyACriticalSurvey archive.org/details/… 👈and the one you are searching for – Krsna Dasa Jan 5 at 3:51
  • @KrsnaDasa wow thank you, this is precisely what I was looking for. Which one will you recommend the most? – Indeterminate Jan 5 at 4:01
  • "A Critical Survey" only does passing comaprisons. Two better ones, although I take exception to some of their interpretations of advaita, are "Nonduality: A Study of Comparative Philosophy" by David Loy and (difficult to find) "Philosophy East/West: A Critical Comparison of Indian, Chinese, Islamic, and European Philosophy" by Ben-Ami Scharfstein, Ilai Alon, Shlomo Biderman, Dan Daor, and Yoel Hoffmann. – Swami Vishwananda Jan 5 at 5:34

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