Bruce,
I would add early Indian Buddhist philosophy to the list along with
Yogic philosophy. Buddhism, especially the Madhyamika and Yogacara
Buddhist tradition believes in no-self and a middle way between the
relative, where we believe in ourselves as autonomous individuals and a
universal view where we see ourselves as no different than the dirt on
the ground, the sunlight that hits us, and the air we breathe.
Primary texts include Nagarjuna's "The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle
Way" and Shantideva's "The Way of the Bodhisattva."
Interesting secondary texts include Jay L. Garfield's translation and
commentary of Nagarjuna's text, published by Oxford University Press,
1995, and the Padmakara Translation Group's work on Shantideva's text
published by Shambhala in 2003.
I agree with you that Plato is an important philosophic source whenever
discussing these issues.
Thanks for the specific references,
Best Alan
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> In this age of war design, body armour and embodiment, it may be
> also be useful for design to consider.
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> i. Plato's concept of Liberation. (see Kenneth Dorter, Plato's
> Phaedo: an Interpretation. University of Toronto Press Toronto
> 1982) and there is a lot of bound arms and legs and pain in the
> Allegory of the Cave.
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> ii. Patanjali and Yoga Philosophy ~ where liberation is the
> conquest of absolute freedom (not oil or media rights) (see Marcus
> Eliade, Yoga: Immortality and Freedom Princeton University Press
> 1969
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