Attributes & Modes: The Concept of Attributes, the Concept of Modes

The concept of Attributes

• According to Spinoza, there can be no substance without attributes.
• However, the attributes could either essential or accidental in nature.
• The essential attributes define a substance, that is, without which the substance would cease to be a substance.
• On the other hand, accidental attributes are those variable characteristics which the substance can lose without ceasing to be what it is.
• According to Spinoza, the substance is self-contained and it is infinite in nature.
• So, it h…

… (460 more words) …

Subscribe (by clicking here) to view full notes and track progress.

The Concept of Adhyasa or Superimposition, Understanding the Epistemological Concepts of Subject and the Object, Understanding the Epistemological Concept of Maya, Understanding the Different States and the Self

The Concept of Adhyasa or Superimposition

Understanding the Epistemological Concepts of Subject and the Object

• According to Advaita Vedanta, there is a self-evident difference between the subject and the object.
• The subject is pure-consciousness.
• Whereas, the object is unconsciousness.
• Hence, the two are contradictory to one another.
• Note: the two are commonly misunderstood or confused with one another.
• Understanding of the real with the unreal is called Satyantre-mithunikritya.
• Further, Satyantre-mithunikr…

… (385 more words, 2 figures) …

Subscribe (by clicking here) to view full notes and track progress.