ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NESCIENCE
From Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescīre to be ignorant of, from ne not + scīre to know; compare science.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NESCIENCE»
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nescience in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Untying the Knots in Buddhism: Selected Essays
A. The Meaning of Nescience (Avidya) The word avidya is crucial in Indian
philosophy. It is usually translated into English as "ignorance". Some might ask
concerning my rendition as "nescience"1 — why is this any better; indeed, what is
...
2
The Disinterested Witness: A Fragment of Advaita Vedānta ...
THE DISINTERESTED WITNESS nature of nescience to veil the underlying
reality and project objects on it. Accordingly, there is a veil overlaying each object
that nescience projects by means of its veiling capacity. When an object comes
into ...
3
Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions
Brahman is "separated" from us only by nescience, and knowledge is simply the
removal of nescience (MUB I.5). Because nescience is the root cause, only
knowledge can "effect" release. Our understanding alone is transformed. Thus,
the ...
4
Establishing Comic
Nescience: An Investigation Into Humour ...
Establishing Comic Nescience: An Investigation into Humour Theory, and Comical Treatments of-Successful Heroes and Scholars presents an alternative to understanding comical art.
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The Vedanta Sutras: Part III
Nescience ! Not so, we reply. That Nescience is removed by the ahamkâra
cannot be admitted; knowledge alone can put an end to Nescience. Nor can
consciousness be the abode of Nescience, because in that case Nescience
would have ...
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Perceiving in Advaita Vedānta: Epistemological Analysis and ...
associated with the Vivarana school that Brahman is both the content and the
locus of nescience and that it is one. Brahman through its own nescience seems
bound and through its own knowledge seems released. It is doubtful whether the
...
And if, finally, you should say that Brahman is the fictitiously forming agent, we
have again arrived at a Brahman that is the abode of Nescience.—If Brahman is
not allowed to be the abode of Nescience, we further must ask whether Brahman
...
Bādarāyaṇa, Śaṅkarācārya, 1904
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Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist Tradition
Since nescience is subject to removal, it should not be eternal but must be real. . .
. But if nescience is real, since it is the second thing, non-duality cannot be
accepted. It may be said that since brahman is eternal knowledge, it cannot be
the ...
Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti, 1999
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Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real: Buddhist ...
also the root of samsara, is not a contradiction, because nescience is general (
spyi) and the reifying view is particular (bye brag).209 Among those (two),
nescience is the reverse of clear vision (vidya); and this does not mean as
relevant any ...
Tsoṅ-kha-pa Blo-bzaṅ-grags-pa, 1997
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Studies in Jaina Philosophy
that knowledge is futile in respect of a person free from nescience is also not
based upon truth. Freedom from nescience makes perfect knowledge possible,
and this knowledge is not futile because everybody will admit that it is covetable
for its ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NESCIENCE»
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nescience is used in the context of the following news items.
What Trump doesn't get about Vietnam
It would be easy to write his nescience off as a form of adolescent self-absorption (though, in fairness to adolescents, most probably know how ... «Politico, Jul 15»
Greece: What you think you know may hurt you
“Nescience”. What a lovely word. It means not knowing. Looking at reactions to the Greek crisis, outside Greece, before and after a somewhat ... «Thought Leader, Jul 15»
Supreme Court of Appeal considers standard for registrations in bad …
Most incredulously, only after this meeting did Etraction apply for registration of the trademark to the nescience of Tyrecor. Only once the ... «World Trademark Review, Jul 15»
What Is Vulnerable Theology?
“The dialectic between narrative and nescience, anthropomorphism and agnosticism, vision and darkness, autobiographical enactment and the ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Scripture Study: Bhagavad Gita, book two verses 62-65
One loses focus on the goal of material existence and the purpose of human life and lives in the darkness of nescience. Thus it must be ... «Patheos, May 15»
Africa's Poverty is Africa's Problem
There are times when I review what could very well be the boundless inanity and unfathomable nescience on the continent; it is almost ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
On insects, galls and sawflies
The good news for the most part is these pests do not need control as they are only cosmetic, nescience feeders. Read more to learn about ... «Kansas City Star, May 15»
Bethann Hardison, Edward Enninful, and More Discuss Race in …
... Hardison described an industry-wide nescience that effectively whitewashed the runways and compelled her to action. “Naomi Campbell and ... «Style.com, May 15»
Scientists Have Spotted A Giant Exoplanet Orbiting A Dwarf Star
The same nescience has to persist for the event which caused such a huge planet to orbit such a dwarf star. Hypothetically, however, as the ... «TechFrag, May 15»
Canny companies better at sporting sponsorship calls
For Mr Joyce to further extol the value of government funding Team New Zealand in its present structure, would be indicative of his nescience in ... «Otago Daily Times, Mar 15»
